US forces bombing Japanese ships in Takao Harbor, Kaohsiung

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising from Japanese ships after an American aerial bombing. Official caption on front: "Bombing Jap ships in Takao Harbor, Formosa. US Navy Photo 124-3." Kaohsiung, Taiwan. No date

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1942
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.
Geography: 
T'ai-wan
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Bombings--Taiwan
Ships--Japanese--Taiwan
Harbors--Taiwan
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Taiwan
Harbors--Taiwan