511th Parachute Infantry Regiment paratroopers dropping onto a Japanese air base, Aparri, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment paratroopers being dropped onto a Japanese air base. Official caption on front: "511th Parachute Inf. strike Jap-held Appari [sic] air strip, 6-24-45. US Army Photo 172-8." Aparri, Philippines. 24 June 1945
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06/24/1945
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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.
Geography:
Aparri
Latitude:
18.367
Longitude:
121.667
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Paratroopers--American--Philippines
Air bases--Japanese--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Landscape photographs--Philippines
Infantry--American--Philippines