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Oil tanks at the Columbia Aquila refinery burning during an American raid, Ploiesti, Romania, 1 Aug 1943

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Caption     Oil tanks at the Columbia Aquila refinery burning during an American raid, Ploiesti, Romania, 1 Aug 1943 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Date 1 Aug 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   LC-USW33-036496-C
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 607 x 600 pixels



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