US soldiers inspect a war damaged Japanese Zero fighter plane on Kwajalein Atoll in 1944

Personal or Official U.S. Signal Corps Photo, Gift of Jim Matney, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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US soldiers inspect a war damaged Japanese Zero fighter plane. There are the ruins of a hanger in the background and debris on the ground. "Shattered Zero on Roi airstrip in Marshall Islands." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944

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Photographs (personal and Signal Corps) from the collection of Navy Corpsman Glen Matney, who served in the PTO in WWII.
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Soldiers--American--Kwajalein
Fighter planes--Japanese--Kwajalein
Hangars--Kwajalein
Ruins--Kwajalein
War damage--Kwajalein
Debris--Kwajalein