US sailors observing a Japanese plane crashing into the ocean off the coast of Saipan, NMI, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States sailors on the deck of an aircraft carrier celebrating the downing of a Japanese airplane. Official caption on front: "Aircraft carrier gunners score hit on Jap plane off Saipan, 22 Feb., 1944. US Navy Photo 130-2." Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 22 February 1944
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02/22/1944
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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.
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Saipan
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Sailors--American--Saipan
Antiaircraft guns--American--Saipan
Naval battles--Saipan
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Northern Mariana Islands
Naval battles--Saipan