
Caption | Sgt Frank Bond, a photographer with the USAAF 40th Photo-Recon Squadron, found the streets littered with Japanese Occupation Currency as US forces entered Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), May 3 1945. Photo 1 of 2. ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Glenn Hensley | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces via the Frank Bond Collection | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 3 May 1945 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Rangoon, Burma | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Added Date | 9 Feb 2013 | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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