Shokaku under attack 8 May 1942 (cropped).jpg
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| Description | Bombs burst near the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku as she was attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes in the morning of 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Note the anti-aircraft shell burst in left center, with fragments splashing below and further left. | ||||||
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-17422, now in the collections of the National Archives [1]. | ||||||
| Author | US NAvy | ||||||
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