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Caption | Pensacola at Sand Island, Midway Atoll, disembarking Marine reinforcements, 25 Jun 1942; at the foreground was the lone surviving land-based Avenger of Midway battle ww2dbase | |||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Midway, US Pacific Islands | |||||||||||
Date | 25 Jun 1942 | |||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-12147 | |||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 25 Jun 1942 | |||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Photo Size | 740 x 586 pixels |
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