Template:Did you know nominations/Landing on Long Island

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Landing on Long Island

  • ... that U.S. and Australian troops landed on Long Island on 26 December 1943? Source: [1] "The occupying force, consisting of 150 men from the 592nd Engineer Brigade, 2 amphibian scouts and 33 men of the 338th Australian Radar Station, left Finschhafen during the afternoon and evening of December 25 aboard 5 LCM's, 3 LCVP's and 3 PT boats and the first men from the PT boats were ashore by 0200 on December 26" (p. 458)

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:53, 9 June 2017 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Typical good work from Template:U. Would suggest these alt hooks to use a play on words with the better-known Long Island: