Smoke billowing from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō, Coral Sea, 1942

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Smoke billowing from the damaged Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō. Official caption on front: "Navy plane photographs destruction of Japcarrier Ryukaku. US Navy Photo 104-4." Coral Sea. May 1942

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1942-05-
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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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Coral Sea
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Aircraft carriers--Japanese--Pacific Ocean
Naval battles--Pacific Ocean
Naval warfare--Pacific Ocean
Aerial photographs--Pacific Ocean