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80-G-45627 Wakde Island raids, April 1944

Wakde Island raids, April 1944
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Title: Wakde Island raids, April 1944
Caption: Japanese air field and other facilities on Wakde Island burning during the attack by Task Force 58 planes, 21 April 1944. Two Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters are overhead. View looks southwest, with little Insoemanai Island beyond Wakde. Shoreline beyond is near Area, New Guinea, where allied troops landed on 17 May 1944.
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Catalog #: 80-G-45627
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Fri, Apr 21, 1944
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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