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80-G-320641: Operation Ten-Go, Japanese battleship Yamato, April 7, 1945

80-G-320641: Operation Ten-Go, Japanese battleship Yamato, April 7, 1945. Japanese battleship Yamato blows up after receiving massive bomb and torpedo damage from U.S. Navy carrier planes, north of Okinawa. Three Japanese destroyers are nearby. Photographed by planes from USS Hornet (CV-12). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05)
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Caption: Operation Ten-Go, Japanese battleship Yamato, April 7, 1945. Japanese battleship Yamato blows up after receiving massive bomb and torpedo damage from U.S. Navy carrier planes, north of Okinawa. Three Japanese destroyers are nearby. Photographed by planes from USS Hornet (CV-12). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05)
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