US Navy aircrafts missing a Japanese cruiser, East China Sea

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. United States Navy carrier-based aircrafts attacking a Japanese cruiser. Official caption on front: "Near-miss rocks Jap cruiser in East China Sea. US Navy Photo 124-12." 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: 
Naval battles--East China Sea
Cruisers (Warships)--Japanese--East China Sea
Warships--Japanese--East China Sea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--China
Warships--Japanese--East China Sea
Aerial photographs--East China Sea