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English: Crewmen aboard the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi lash futon mattresses to the carrier's island superstructure to provide extra protection from attack as the carrier heads towards the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in November or December 1941. The Zero fighter in the foreground has a quilted cover to protect its engine from the northern Pacific weather.
Date November or December 1941
Source Goldstein, Donald M.; Katherine V. Dillon, and J. Michael Wenger (1991) The Way it Was: Pearl Harbor: The original photographs, Category:New York: Prange Enterprises, Inc. and Brassey's (US), Inc. ISBN: 0-08-040573-8. , p. 39.
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  1. It was published before 1 January 1957.
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It is also in the public domain in the United States because its copyright in Japan expired by 1970 and was not restored by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
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