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80-G-17015 Shoho

Photo #: 80-G-17015 Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942
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Description: Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. Photographed from a USS Lexington (CV 2) plane. A TBD-1 torpedo plane is visible against the smoke in the center of the view. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-17015
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