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80-G-373773 Carrier raids on Japan, March 1945.

Carrier raids on Japan, March 1945.
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Title: Carrier raids on Japan, March 1945.
Caption: A Japanese Kamikaze plane dives toward USS BATAAN (CVL-29), on 17 March 1945. Task force 58 was then en route to raid targets in the Japanese home islands. Photographed from USS ESSEX (CV-9). Note: light cruiser firing vigorously just beyond BATAAN's bow. The suicide plane missed the carrier.
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Catalog #: 80-G-373773
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sat, Mar 17, 1945
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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