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80-G-88022 Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Photo #: 80-G-88022 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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Title: Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Description: 24 August 1942 The damaged and immobile Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo photographed from a USAAF B-17 bomber, during a high-level bombing attack on 24 August 1942. Several bombs are bursting on the water, some seven ship-lengths beyond the carrier's bow. Between Ryujo and the bombs is a destroyer (either Amatsukaze or Tokitsukaze), which had been bow-to-bow to the crippled carrier, removing some of her crew, and is now backing away. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-88022
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