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Image: Carrier shokaku

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Description: Photo #: . Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (reportedly Shokaku) to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Plane in the foreground is a "Zero" Fighter, in front of "Val" dive bombers. This is probably the launch of the second attack wave.
Title: Carrier shokaku
Credit: Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-71198, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Author: Unknown, the original photograph was captured on Attu in 1943.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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