Chinese light cruiser Pinghai being refloated, Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, 1938

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Caption     Chinese light cruiser Pinghai being refloated, Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, 1938 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
Date  1938
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Licensing  This anonymous work originating in the Republic of China is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 50 years after the work was made available to the public. The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949, after which it relocated to Taiwan. Copyright protection for anonymous works under the post-1949 communist Beijing government is also 50 years.

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1. Carole says:
12 Apr 2015 10:44:49 PM

I was looking for info on Jiangyin as my d-in-law's GGF was there when forced by the Japanese to jump into the water and die. Nothing else known.

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