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Aerial of US invasion of Engebi Island in Eniwetok atoll. Flares (left) signal fleet to lift bombardment so that landing craft may scuttle to beaches.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Wayne F. Miller  (1918–2013)  wikidata:Q2902056
 
Wayne F. Miller
Alternative names
Wayne Miller; Wayne Forest Miller
Description American military officer, photographer and war photographer
Date of birth/death 19 September 1918 Edit this at Wikidata 22 May 2013 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Chicago Orinda
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creator QS:P170,Q2902056
(NARA record: 2083745)
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Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. (09/18/1947 - ?)
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Aerial of US invasion of Engebi Island in Eniwetok atoll. Flares (left) signal fleet to lift bombardment so that landing craft may scuttle to beaches.
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  • General notes: The description is obviously wrong. The photo shows a Japanese warship (a cruiser?) under attack: A Japanese Mogami-class cruiser under attack by U.S. Navy aircraft of Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) following the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 26 October 1944. A Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 7 (VB-7) is visible in the upper right of the photograph. The cruiser is most probably Kumano which had her bow blown off by a torpedo launched from the destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) during the Battle off Samar on 25 October. She was attacked by aircraft of CVG-7 from USS Hancock (CV-19) while retreating through the Sibuyan Sea and was struck by three 500 lb (227 kg) bombs. She survived and sailed to Manila Bay for repairs on her bow and all four boilers. On 6 November, she was struck by two torpedoes fired from U.S. submarines and finally sunk by aircraft from USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) on 25 November 1944.
Date 26 October 1944
date QS:P571,+1944-10-26T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q38945047
Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 520614.

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  • Record group: Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1983 (National Archives Identifier: 409)
  • Series: General Photographic File of the Department of Navy, compiled 1943 - 1958, documenting the period 1900 - 1958 (National Archives Identifier: 520587)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-80-G-47012
  • 80-G-47012
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