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Unknown [Japanese plane shot down by USS Intrepid]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09554.19 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 19 May 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.2 x 26.2 cm. Order a Copy

Printed on stock. Plane nearing water, photo taken from ship. On reverse, "A Jap plane that our ship shot down 60 miles off Japan. March 19, 1945. U.S.S. Intrepid, C.V.II" and stamp "Released for Crew Not for Publication".

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