American bomb dropping toward Japanese naval base at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. American bomb dropping toward Japanese naval base. Official caption on front: "Naval bomb on its way to naval base at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan. US Navy Photo 130-9." Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1944
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1944-06-
1944-07-
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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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Tanapag, Lagunan
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Naval yards & naval stations--Japanese--Saipan
Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
Naval yards & naval stations--Japanese--Saipan
Aerial photographs--Saipan