Tentacles of Flame Reach Up For Japanese Raiders
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Tentacles of Flame Reach Up For Japanese Raiders

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Photograph

Tentacles of Flame Reach Up For Japanese Raiders

July 1944
Gelatin silver print
18.8 x 23.8 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso (printed): 2557
From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D.C.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo

Tentacles of Flame Reach Up For Jap Raiders
Japanese night raiders, stabbing at American invasion forces near Garapan, capital city of the Marianas, are met by hot fire from anti-aircraft batteries. Like giant skyrockets, the Yankee fire pierced the sky and appropriately it happened on a July night - close to the historic fourth.

In Rewriting Caption Please Mention 'Coast Guard'
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