
Caption | Â Â Â | Mushroom cloud rose above USS Lexington after an explosion, 8 May 1942; carrier Yorktown on horizon and destroyer Hammann to the left of photograph ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||
Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||||||||
Identification Code | Â Â Â | 80-G-11916 | |||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | Â | 8 May 1942 | |||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Â | Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean | |||||||||||||||
Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||||||
Added Date | Â | 19 Nov 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Â | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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