A kamikaze plane crashes into the ocean near an Essex class aircraft carrier on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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A kamikaze plane crashes into the ocean near an Essex class aircraft carrier; anti-aircraft fire surrounds the vessel. Official caption:'"An Essex class carrier takes a kamikaze near miss. US Navy Photo 122-16." Iwo Jima. February 1945
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Items from the service of Julian W. Moody, a photographer with the 273rd Field Artillery Bn in Europe.
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IÅ-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
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