Flaming Japanese warplane flying amid antiaircraft flak, Pacific Ocean, 1942
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Flaming Japanese warplane (center background) flying amid antiaircraft flak over open water. Official caption on front: "Jap plane afire. US Navy Photo 104-7." Pacific Ocean. 1942
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1942
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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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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
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-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--Japanese--Pacific Ocean
Naval battles--Pacific Ocean