US Navy sailors manning antiaircraft gun off the coast of Mindoro Island, Philippines, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Navy sailors manning antiaircraft gun on the deck of ship during combat; columns of smoke are rising in the background. Official caption on front: "Action at sea during Mindoro landing. US Navy Photo 140-13." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Mindoro Island, Philippines. 1945
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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.
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Mindoro
Latitude:
12.833
Longitude:
121.083
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Sailors--American--Philippines
Antiaircraft guns--American--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Antiaircraft guns--American--Philippines