
Caption | Fatally damaged Japanese aircraft falling toward Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942; note top of a sandbag in foreground ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | John Ford | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 4 Jun 1942 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Midway, US Pacific Islands | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Added Date | 3 Jun 2014 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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WW2-Era Place Name | Midway, US Pacific Islands |
Lat/Long | 28.2014, -177.3814 |
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