US Navy warplanes attacking the Japanese battleship Nagato in Tokyo Harbor, Japan, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Bombed-out Japanese battleship Nagato in Tokyo Habor. Official caption on front: "Battleship Nagato is mass of ruins in Tokio [sic] harbor. US Navy Photo 125-19." Tokyo, Japan. 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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Tōkyō-wan
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35.417
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139.783
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Warships--Japanese--Japan
Battleships--Japanese--Japan
Battleships--Japanese--Japan