File:Battle of the Eastern Solomons.jpg
Size of this preview: 447 × 479 pixels.
 |
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: The damaged and immobile en:Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo (centre) photographed from a USAAF B-17 bomber, during a high-level bombing attack in the en:battle of the Eastern Solomons on en:24 August en:1942. The destroyers Amatsukaze (centre left) and Tokitsukaze (faintly visible, centre right) had been removing her crew and are now underway. The fingerprints are in the original picture.
|
| Date | 24 August 1942 |
| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-88018 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command; Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Martin H. using CommonsHelper. |
| Author | USAAF; Original uploader was Gdr at en.wikipedia, uploaded to Wikipedia: 2004-10-23 |
| Permission ( Reusing this file) |
PD-USGOV-MILITARY-NAVY. |
Licensing
 |
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. |
 |
|
|
||
File usage
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):
Background information
SOS Childrens Villages chose the best bits of Wikipedia to help you learn. SOS Children is an international children's charity, providing a good home and loving family to thousands of children who have lost their parents. We also work with communities to help vulnerable families stay together and raise children in the best possible environment. Have you heard about child sponsorship? Visit our web site to find out.
