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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09595.109 Author/Creator: United States Government Place Written: Hiroshima, Japan Type: Photograph Date: circa 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One undated photograph. Depicts an aerial view of packages being dropped out of a plane to a community below. The packages are being carried downwards by parachutes. In the lower left corner of the images the community has spelled out "Drop Here Please."

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