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Caption | Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground. ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Kerama Retto, Okinawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Date | 3 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||
Photographer | Oliver Pfeiffer | ||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||||
Link to Source | Link | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-342629 | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 3 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | 1,213 x 949 pixels |
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