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Caption | SB2U-3 Vindicator aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-241 taking off from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 4-6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 3 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 | 748 x 544 pixels |
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