US Navy aerial bombing of Brooketon, Borneo, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Columns of smoke rising for two buildings near coastline after an attack by United States Navy Lockheed Venturas. Official caption on front: "Navy Venturas bomb Brooketon, Borneo. US Navy Photo 127-17." Brooketon, Borneo [modern-day Maura, Brunei]. 1945
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1945-06-
1945-08-
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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:
Muara
Latitude:
5.033
Longitude:
115.067
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ventura (Bomber)--Borneo
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Borneo
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Borneo
Smoke--Borneo
Explosions--Borneo