
| Caption | Japanese ammunition ships in Truk Harbor exploding after attacked by American dive bombers, Truk, Caroline Islands, 17 Feb 1944; the dive bomber that caused this destruction was also lost in the blast | ||||
| Source | United States National Archives | ||||
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