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80-G-490159: Raids on Japanese Home Islands, July 1945

80-G-490159: Raids on Japan Home Islands, July 1945. Attack on the unfinished Japanese aircraft carrier, possibly Aso, at anchorage in the Kurahashi Shima area, Japan. Note the smoke rising from the hull indicating internal fires caused by the bombing and strafing of U.S. Navy planes. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/08).
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Caption: Raids on Japanese Home Islands, July 1945. Attack on the unfinished Japanese aircraft carrier, possibly Aso, at anchorage in the Kurahashi Shima area, Japan. Note the smoke rising from the hull indicating internal fires caused by the bombing and strafing of U.S. Navy planes. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/08).
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