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Burning seaplane hangar, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942

Caption     Burning seaplane hangar, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Photo Size 987 x 764 pixels
Photos on Same Day 4 Jun 1942
Photos at Same Place Midway, US Pacific Islands
Added By C. Peter Chen
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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WW2-Era Place Name Midway, US Pacific Islands
Lat/Long 28.2014, -177.3814
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