Japanese aircraft manuvering to avoid US Navy warplane bombardment of the coast of the Philippines
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Japanese aircraft carrier under attack by United States Navy warplanes; smoke and explosions are the near ship. Official caption on front: "Jap carrier wallows in distress off Philippines. US Navy Photo 140-18." Philippines. No date
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1944
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:
Parang
Latitude:
5.917
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120.933
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aircraft carriers--Japanese--Philippines
Naval battles--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Aerial photographs--Philippines