
Caption | Ordnancemen aboard USS Hancock loading 5-inch HVAR rockets onto the wings of F4U Corsairs before taking off for a strike on Kyushu, Japan, 21 Mar 1945. Photo 2 of 2. ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Photographer | PhoM3 Louis Kolb | ||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource | ||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-316282 | ||||||||||
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Photos in Series | See all photos in this series | ||||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 21 Mar 1945 | ||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
Added Date | 5 Jan 2021 | ||||||||||
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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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