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80-G-49697: Japanese Kamikaze Attack, June 1945

80-G-49697: Japanese Kamikaze Attack, June 1945. View of wounded pilot making a landing with his burning plane which was hit by a kamikaze. The plane is aflame, smoke rolls around it as firefighters not seen in this picture converge on it. Released June 28, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 80-G-49697: Japanese Kamikaze Attack, June 1945. View of wounded pilot making a landing with his burning plane which was hit by a kamikaze. The plane is aflame, smoke rolls around it as firefighters not seen in this picture converge on it. Released June 28, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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  • Theater of Operations--Pacific
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  • Photograph
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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