US warship firing artillery rockets at Tarakan, Borneo, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. American warship firing artillery rockets at a smoke-covered beach, as viewed from ship deck. Official caption on front: "Rockets blast beach at Tarakan, Borneo. US Navy Photo 127-2." Tarakan, Borneo. 1945

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1945-05-
1945-08-
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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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Tarakan
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3.333
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117.633
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Naval battles--Borneo
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Borneo
Bombardment--Borneo
Bombardment--Borneo