Hellcat attacking a Japanese destroyer, Pacific Ocean
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph, aerial. Grumman F6F Hellcat attacking a Japanese destroyer in open ocean. Official caption on front: "Hellcat attacking Jap destroyer. US Navy Photo 128-8." Pacific Ocean. No date
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1942
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:
Pacific Ocean
Latitude:
-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Hellcat (Fighter planes)--Pacific Ocean
Destroyers (Warships)--Japanese--Pacific Ocean
Naval battles--Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
Fighter pilots--American--Pacific Ocean
Destroyers (Warships)--Japanese--Pacific Ocean
Warships--Japanese--Pacific Ocean