
Caption | Crew members of the first B-29 bomber to land at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Claude R. Canup Collection | |||||||
Identification Code | COLL/5361 | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 10 Apr 1945 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 13 Dec 2019 | |||||||
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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 | Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan |
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