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MATERIAL: Photography
TYPE: Photographs (loose)
DIMENSIONS: Sheet: 13 1/3 X 15 inches Photos: 3 1/3 X 4 1/2 inches each
COMPONENTS: 6 photos complete; still attached to the original back paper with government seals and paper insert explaining the images.
CONDITION: in very nice shape.
NOTES: Original. Another superb WW2 Japanese Pacific War artifact.
ITEM ID: 1151
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WWII Japanese Propaganda Photograph Set (USS Yorktown & USS Saratoga)

DATE
Year: 1942
Decade: 1940s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)

WWII Japanese propaganda photograph set issued by the Imperial Japanese Navy Department in the wake of the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. The 6 photographs show scenes of the battle and the attack on the USS Yorktown and the USS Saratoga. These are all early images issued by the Navy Department and still attached to the original back paper with government seals and paper insert explaining the images.