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Caption | Commodore Burke and Vice Admiral Mitscher aboard carrier Bunker Hill while off Japan, Feb 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Date | Feb 1945 | ||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-303981 | ||||||||||
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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 | 595 x 744 pixels |
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