Japanese airplane diving towards an American warship off the coast of Leyte Island, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Japanese airplane diving towards an American warship; tracers are in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Tracers reach out from carrier at Jap suicide plane coming in for crash. US Navy Photo 113-14." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Leyte Island, Philippines. 1944
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1944-10-
1944-12-
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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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Leyte
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10.833
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124.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Warships--American--Philippines
Naval battles--Philippines
Airplanes--Japanese--Philippines
Airplanes--Japanese--Philippines