US Navy aircrafts attacking a Japanese transport ship, East China Sea
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph, aerial. Bomb from a United States Navy carrier-based aircraft exploding by a Japanese transport ship. Official caption on front: "Near-miss on Jap transport in China Sea. US Navy Photo 124-14." East China Sea. No date
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1942
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.
Geography:
Tung Hai
Latitude:
29.000
Longitude:
125.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Transport ships--Japanese--East China Sea
Naval battles--East China Sea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--China
Transport ships--Japanese--East China Sea
Aerial photographs--East China Sea