Curtiss_SOC_Seagull_flies_over_Wotje_Atoll,_1_February_1942_(NH_97593).jpg
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Summary
| Description |
English:
A U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC
Seagull
floatplane flies over Wotje Atoll, during the attack on the Japanese airfield there by gunfire from USS
Salt Lake City
(CA-25) and USS
Northampton
(CA-26) and fighters from USS
Enterprise
(CV-6), 1 February 1942. The original picture caption identifies the burning facilities as an ammunition dump and two fuel dumps.
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| Date | 1 February 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
NH 97593
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo NH 97593 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
NH 97593
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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description. [1] |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the
U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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