Japanese planes flying through clouds of antiaircraft flak off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Japanese planes flying through clouds of antiaircraft flak; spray from bullets visible on water surface. Official caption on front: "Jap planes attack through hail of lead. US Navy Photo 122-4." Iwo Jima, Japan. 1945
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1945-02-
1945-03-
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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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Iō-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--Japanese--Iwo Jima
Naval battles--Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Campaigns & battles--Iwo Jima