US Navy warplane strafing a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Japan, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. United States Navy warplane strafing a Japanese cargo ship. Official caption on front: "Third Fleet plane sets Jap freighters afire. US Navy Photo 125-5." Japan. 1945
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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.
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Nihon
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36.000
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138.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--American--Japan
Ships--Japanese--Japan
Cargo ships--Japanese--Japan
Naval battles--Japan
Naval battles--Japan
Campaigns & battles--Japan