US Navy aerial bombing of Miri, Borneo, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph, aerial. Bombed-out and destroyed buildings at a Japanese supply dump after a United States Navy aerial bombing. Official caption on front: "Jap supply dump bombed at Miri, Borneo. US Navy Photo 127-18." Miri, Borneo. 1945
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1945-06-
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:
Miri
Latitude:
4.467
Longitude:
114.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Borneo
Aerial photographs--Borneo
Bombings--Borneo
Craters--Borneo
Explosions--Borneo