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80-G-373774: Okinawa Campaign, Pre-Landing Bombardment, Japanese Kamikaze, March 1945

80-G-373774:   Okinawa Campaign, Pre-Landing Bombardment, Japanese Kamikaze, March 1945.     Near miss by Japanese plane on USS Bataan (CVL-29), unit of Task Force off Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands.   As seen from USS Essex (CV-9), March 17, 1945.    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives.   (2014/5/8).
Caption: Okinawa Campaign, Pre-Landing Bombardment, Japanese Kamikaze, March 1945. Near miss by Japanese plane on USS Bataan (CVL-29), unit of Task Force off Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands. As seen from USS Essex (CV-9), March 17, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/5/8).
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