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NH 62584 "Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945

Photo #: NH 62584 "Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945
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Title: "Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945
Description: Photo #: NH 62584 Ten-Go Operation, April 1945 Smoke rises to the clouds shortly after the Japanese battleship Yamato capsized, exploded and sank after receiving many bomb and torpedo hits from U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April 1945. Escorting destroyers are visible to the left of the smoke. Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 62584
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