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80-G-32241 Battle of Midway, June 1942

Photo #: 80-G-32241 Battle of Midway, June 1942
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Title: Battle of Midway, June 1942
Description: Two Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft from the Japanese carrier Hiryu fly past USS Yorktown (CV-5), after dropping their torpedoes during the mid-afternoon attack, 4 June 1942. Note heavy anti-aircraft fire. Photographed from USS Pensacola (CA-24). The destroyer at left, just beyond Yorktown's bow, is probably USS Morris (DD-417). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-32241
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