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80-G-89098 Carrier strike on Rabaul, 5 November 1943

Carrier strike on Rabaul, 5 November 1943
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Title: Carrier strike on Rabaul, 5 November 1943
Caption: Japanese ships under carrier plane attack in Simpson Harbor. Cruiser with big fire aft is MAYA (left center). Several other cruisers are among the ships heading for sea, to the right. View looks north, with Rabaul town at top center and Lakunai airfield in top right. Photographed from a USS SARATOGA (CV-3) plane.
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Catalog #: 80-G-89098
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Fri, Nov 05, 1943
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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