USMC 2Lt Gordon Growden, combat correspondent, interviews Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada prior to a bombing mission against the prisoner’s former headquarters, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Aug 9, 1945

Caption     USMC 2Lt Gordon Growden, combat correspondent, interviews Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada prior to a bombing mission against the prisoner’s former headquarters, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Aug 9, 1945 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps
Identification Code   USMC 130974
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Philippines Campaign, Phase 2   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Minoru Wada   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 627 x 800 pixels
Photos on Same Day 9 Aug 1945
Photos at Same Place Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines
Added By David Stubblebine
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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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
2 Feb 2015 07:17:48 PM

The official USMC caption for this photo dates the bombing mission as Aug 10, 1945 but this is incorrect. The actual mission logs for both the bomber squadron (VMB-611) and the fighter squadron (VMF-115) say the raid occurred on Aug 9, 1945

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