Yokasuka Bay gun emplacements, Japan
Gift of Ralph F. Feuchter, Jr.
Description:
Photograph, aerial. Japanese gun emplacements built in hexagonal pattern. Sustained heavy bombing damage. Personal caption: "Yokasuka [bay] gun emplacements (Navy yard)." Official caption: "Released. If published credit must be given as follows 'Official Photograph U.S. Navy.' " Yokasuka, Japan. Circa 1944-45
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1944
1945
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Collection consists of fifty-two official issue USN photographs which were declassified after the war. They were given to Ralph "Dutch" Feuchter by G.B. Hoagland, his first cousin, who served on the aircraft carrier from which many of them were taken. Hoagland was a photographer, but did not take these photographs.
Geography:
Yokosuka-kō
Latitude:
35.283
Longitude:
139.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Weaponry)--Japanese--Japan