File:USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning 11 May 1945 aft view.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning after being hit by a "Kamikaze" attack while operating off Okinawa on 11 May 1945. Photographed from USS Wilkes Barre (CL-103), which appears to have received fire damage herself helping to fight the blaze from alongside the carrier. A destroyer is off Bunker Hill's port side.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-328618 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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