Damaged USS Ticonderoga off the coast of Taiwan, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Damaged island control structure of the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption on front: "Carrier Ticonderoga after taking two suicide planes off Formosa. US Navy Photo 105-13." Taiwan. January 1945

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1945-01-
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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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T'ai-wan
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Aircraft carriers--American--Taiwan
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Taiwan
War damage--Taiwan