US Navy airplanes attacking Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. United States Navy airplanes attacking Taikoo dockyard. Official caption on front: "Taikoo dockyard blasted by carrier planes. US Navy Photo 124-7." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. 1945

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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: 
Hong Kong
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22.250
Longitude: 
114.167
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Bombings--Hong Kong
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--China
Bombings--Hong Kong
Piers & wharves--Hong Kong
Coastlines--Hong Kong