Sunken Japanese ship in Hinatuan Bay, Philippines, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Column of smoke rising from a sunken Japanese ship; small columns of water from machine gun fire is in near the smoke column. Official caption on front: "One of 32 Jap vessels sunk off Hinatusan Bay 8 Sept. 1944. US Navy Photo 115-10." Hinatuan Bay, Philippines. 8 September 1944

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09/08/1944
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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: 
Mindanao
Latitude: 
6.500
Longitude: 
125.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Naval battles--Philippines
Ships--Japanese--Philippines
Smoke--Philippines
Ships--Japanese--Philippines