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Caption | Burning oil tank, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Midway, US Pacific Islands | ||||||||
Date | 4 Jun 1942 | ||||||||
Photographer | John Ford | ||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 4 Jun 1942 | ||||||||
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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". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Photo Size | 986 x 740 pixels |
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