| Caption | Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Wasp (Essex-class) ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 28 Jul 1945 | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Added Date | 15 Jul 2014 | ||||||||
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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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| WW2-Era Place Name | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Lat/Long | 34.2510, 132.4942 |
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