Wildcat flying over Makin Island, 1942
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph, aerial. Grumman F4F Wildcat flying over Makin Island; smoke from bombings visible below. Official caption on front: "Bombing of Makin Island. US Navy Photo 128-13." Makin Island [modern-day Butaritari Atoll, Kiribati]. August 1942
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1942-08-
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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:
Butaritari
Latitude:
3.167
Longitude:
172.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Wildcat (Fighter plane)--Butaritari
Fighter planes--American--Butaritari
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Kiribati
Bombings--Butaritari
Islands--Butaritari
Smoke--Butaritari