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80-G-31349 Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942

Photo #: 80-G-31349  Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942
Title: Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942
Description: A Japanese Type 99 carrier bomber (a type later code-named Val) burns as it is shot down directly over USS Enterprise (CV-6). Note radar antenna atop the carrier's foremast, and anti-aircraft shell bursts overhead. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-31349
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