Caption | View of damaged anchor chains of Shokaku, cut by the first bomb hit received at the Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
Photographer | S. Fukuchi | ||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | ||||||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
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WW2-Era Place Name | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan |
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