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Strike photo from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) aircraft showing burning oil storage tanks on the banks of the Mekong River in Saigon, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.

Caption     Strike photo from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) aircraft showing burning oil storage tanks on the banks of the Mekong River in Saigon, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   BuAer 3001164
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Photo Size 1,531 x 1,883 pixels
Photos on Same Day 12 Jan 1945
Photos at Same Place Saigon, French Indochina
Added By David Stubblebine
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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Lat/Long 10.6956, 106.7479
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