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Image: Coral Sea Neosho Burning

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Description: The United States Navy fleet oiler USS Neosho (AO-23) is left burning and slowly sinking after an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers on 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Title: Coral Sea Neosho Burning
Credit: Werneth, Ron, Beyond Pearl Harbor: The Untold Stories of Japan's Naval Airmen, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, PA, 2008, p. 66. Book states that the photo is from the Japanese Defense Agency, War History Section.
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Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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