Akagi and a destroyer under B-17 attack at Midway, shortly after 0800, 4 Jun 1942

Caption     Akagi and a destroyer under B-17 attack at Midway, shortly after 0800, 4 Jun 1942 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force
Identification Code   USAF 57576
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Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Akagi   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 740 x 601 pixels
Photos on Same Day 4 Jun 1942
Added By C. Peter Chen
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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