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unknown, fl. 1947 [Photograph of sailors from the Imperial Japanese Navy]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09860.053 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1947 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: fl. 1941-1945 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One undated black-and-white photograph of a boat of sailors rowing past a battleship. Propped on the rowboat is the flag of the Rising Sun, the symbol of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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