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80-G-89999 Japanese cargo ship (probably the Naval Stores Ship KINEZAKI)

Japanese cargo ship (probably the Naval Stores Ship KINEZAKI)
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Title: Japanese cargo ship (probably the Naval Stores Ship KINEZAKI)
Caption: Under strafing attack by a VD-3 PB4Y-1 on a photo reconnaissance mission, ten to fifteen miles north-east of Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, at 2400 GCT, 10 December 1943. As the plane carried no bombs, it made two strafing runs at 100-feet altitude, passing from bow to stern, firing all the .50 cal machine guns that could be brought to bear. Pilot was Commander R. J. Stroh, USN.
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Catalog #: 80-G-89999
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Fri, Dec 10, 1943
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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