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HONSHU, JAPAN, 1945-07-15. WOODEN LUGGERS ANCHORED BY THE SEAWALL OF HACHINOHE HARBOUR NORTH HONSHU, ARE LEFT BURNING AND HEAVILY DAMAGED AFTER ATTACKS BY CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT OF THE THIRD FLEET DURING OPERATIONS OFF THE JAPANESE HOMELAND. US OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION PICTURE 490114. (DONOR: K. ATKINSON).
KURAHASHI SHIMA, JAPAN, 1945-07-24. CAMOUFLAGE NETS ATTEMPT TO HIDE JAP VESSELS HUGGING THE SHORE OF KURAHASHI SHIMA IN THE INLAND SEA. THIS PHOTO WAS MADE BY US NAVY CARRIER-BASED PLANES DURING A STR
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, 1945-07-15. CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT OF ADMIRAL HALSEY'S US THIRD FLEET HIT SOUTHEASTERN HOKKAIDO AND LEFT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER TARGETS BLAZING FOLLOWING BOMBING AND STRAFIN
EASTERN KOREA, 1945-07-14. THICK BLACK SMOKE INDICATES AN OIL FIRE AFTER BOMBS DROPPED BY PACIFIC FLEET PRIVATEERS OF FLEET AIR WING. ONE, BASED ON OKINAWA, HIT THEIR MARKS ON AN OIL REFINERY IN EASTE
KYUSHU, JAPAN, 1945. A US PACIFIC FLEET SUBMARINE GLIDES ALONGSIDE B-29 SURVIVORS ON A LIFE RAFT JUST BEFORE BRINGING THEM ABOARD. THE CRIPPLED SUPERFORTRESS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED DOWN OFF THE COAST OF
PORTRAIT OF FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, US PACIFIC FLEET, C.1945. US OFFICE WAR INFORMATION PICTURE. (DONOR: K. ATKINSON).
Leyte Gulf. 1944-10-25. In the battle for Leyte Gulf the large Japanese battleship Yamato was heavily damaged by bombs from carrier planes of the US Third Fleet, under Admiral Halsey.
