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80-G-342629 Okinawa Campaign, 1945

Photo #: 80-G-342629  Okinawa Campaign, 1945
Title: Okinawa Campaign, 1945
Description: Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage spread an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, seen from USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83). TBM and FM-2 aircraft are on her flight deck. Ship in left center is USS Pinkney (APH-2), which had been damaged by a Kamikaze on 28 April. Photographed by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Oliver E. Pfeiffer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-342629
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