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80-G-31514 Japanese ships in Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville

Photo #: 80-G-31514 Japanese ships in Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville
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Title: Japanese ships in Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville
Description: 13 October 1942 Photographed from a U.S. reconnaissance plane, with the film processed by USS Curtiss (AV-4). Anti-aircraft shell bursts are visible just below the center of the view, and both ships appear to be firing their guns at the plane. The large seaplane carrier in the center is probably Nisshin , which had carried Japanese reinforcements and artillery to Guadalcanal two days earlier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-31514
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