File:Minamitori-Island-Attack-Aug-1943.jpg

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Description Aerial view attack on Minamitori Island (formerly Marcus island) on 31 August 1943. The attack was carried out by a task force consisting of the U.S. aircraft carriers USS Essex (CV-9), USS Yorktown (CV-10), and USS Independence (CVL-22), the battleship USS Indiana (BB-58), two cruisers, and ten destroyers. The photo was taken from a plane from the USS Yorktown.
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 520944.

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Author U.S. Navy photo 80-G-474367

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