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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09553.08 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 18 April 1942 Pagination: 1 silver gelatin photograph Height: 16.2 cm, Width: 24.7 cm Order a Copy

A black and white aerial photograph of the Yokosuka Naval Base. There is a press clipping in the photograph and an block of the photo is obscured by a white bar. The back of the photograph is dated April 24, 1943.

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