Japanese 8th Fleet Staff & Base Force officers, Buin, Bougainville, May 1943; Admiral Minoru Ota 2nd from left, General Noboru Sasaki 3rd from left, Admiral Tomoshige Samejima at center, Major Kamiya

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Caption     Japanese 8th Fleet Staff & Base Force officers, Buin, Bougainville, May 1943; Admiral Minoru Ota 2nd from left, General Noboru Sasaki 3rd from left, Admiral Tomoshige Samejima at center, Major Kamiya ww2dbase
Date  May 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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