Kamikaze crashing near a US aircraft carrier off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Japanese kamikaze crashing in the ocean next to an American aircraft carrier; antiaircraft flak is in the sky. Official caption on front: "An Essex class carrier takes a kamikaze near miss. US Navy Photo 122-16." Iwo Jima, Japan. 1945
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1945-02-
1945-03-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Iō-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Naval battles--Iwo Jima
Aircraft carriers--American--Iwo Jima
Warships--American--Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945