| Caption | Â Â Â | US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer H Jordan, headphones, relays information from Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada to guide the bombing strike to the target area, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines ww2dbase | ||||||||||
| Photographer | Â Â Â | Lt David D Duncan, USMC | ||||||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps | ||||||||||
| Identification Code | Â Â Â | USMC 130975 | ||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 9 Aug 1945 | ||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Arakan, Mindanao, Philippines | ||||||||||
| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
| Added Date | Â | 2 Feb 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Licensing | Â | 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 | Arakan, Mindanao, Philippines |
| Lat/Long | 7.2813, 125.2331 |
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2 Feb 2015 07:18:36 PM
The official USMC caption for this photo dates the bombing mission as Aug 10, 1945 but this is incorrect. The actual mission logs for both the bomber squadron (VMB-611) and the fighter squadron (VMF-115) say the raid occurred on Aug 9, 1945