US Navy warplanes attacking a Japanese railroad car ferry off the coast of Japan, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. Multiple bombs exploding in the water around a Japanese railroad car ferry. Official caption on front: "Bombs rock Jap railroad car ferry. US Navy Photo 125-15." Japan. 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.
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Nihon
Latitude: 
36.000
Longitude: 
138.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Ferries--Japanese--Japan
Bombings--Japan
Railroad cars--Japanese--Japan
Explosions--Japan
Explosions--Japan