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80-G-88024 Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Photo #: 80-G-88024 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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Title: Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Description: 24 August 1942 The Japanese heavy cruiser Tone photographed from a USAAF B-17 bomber, during high-level bombing attacks on the immobile carrier Ryujo on 24 August 1942. Ryujo is out of this view, some distance beyond the top edge. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-88024
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