Destroyed buildings and ships, Naha, Okinawa, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Bombed-out and decimated buildings; half-sunk Japanese warships are in the river in the middleground. Official caption on front: "Naha city destruction. US Navy Photo 126-3." Naha, Okinawa Island, Japan. 1945

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1945-04-
1945-06-
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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: 
Naha
Latitude: 
26.167
Longitude: 
127.667
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Cities & towns--Okinawa
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Okinawa Island
War damage--Japan