US Navy bombing of Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1942

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Curtiss SOC Seagull flying over Wotje Atoll. Official caption on front: "Pacific Fleet bombards Wotje. US Navy Photo 128-18." Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands. February 1942

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1942-02-
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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: 
Wotje
Latitude: 
9.500
Longitude: 
170.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Curtiss SOC Seagull (Reconnaissance aircraft)--Wotje
Biplanes--American--Wotje
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
Bombardment--Wotje
Biplanes--American--Wotje
Smoke--Wotje