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80-G-339333 Bombardment of Kaimaishi, Japan, August 1945

Photo #: 80-G-339333 Bombardment of Kaimaishi, Japan, August 1945
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Description: USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi, in the last battleship bombardment of World War II, 9 August 1945. Photographed from USS Indiana (BB-58). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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