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Caption | Celebratory photo of American servicemen on top of a Japanese G4M bomber painted in surrender markings at Ie Jima, 20 Aug 1945. This plane brought in Japanese envoys the day before and would take them out later this day ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Ie Jima, Okinawa, Japan | |||||||
Date | 20 Aug 1945 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force via Vintage Wings | |||||||
Link to Source | Link | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 20 Aug 1945 | |||||||
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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". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Photo Size | 1,047 x 701 pixels |
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