| Caption | Strike photo taken by US carrier planes during an air attack on Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, Japan, Jul 1945. Note anti-aircraft bursts and screening smoke in addition to bomb impacts. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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| Photos at Same Place | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | ||||||||
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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 | 34.2358, 132.5442 |
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