Wildcat chasing a Japanese bomber through clouds of antiaircraft flak, Pacific Ocean, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Grumman F4F Wildcat [center] chasing a Japanese bomber [right] through clouds of antiaircraft flak near an American aircraft carrier. Official caption on front: "Wildcat fighter pursues Jap bomber in Marianas action. US Navy Photo 130-8." Pacific Ocean. 1944
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1944-06-
1944-11-
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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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Mariana Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Wildcat (Fighter plane)--Mariana Islands
Bombers--Japanese--Mariana Islands
Naval battles--Mariana Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mariana Islands