File:Battle of Midway (Japanese air raid).jpg

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Burning oil tanks on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, following the Japanese air attack delivered on the morning of 4 June 1942 during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>. These tanks were located near what was then the southern shore of Sand Island. This view looks inland from the vicinity of the beach. Three Laysan Albatross (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooney_Bird" class="extiw" title="en:Gooney Bird">"Gooney Bird"</a>) chicks are visible in the foreground.

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current04:21, 7 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 04:21, 7 January 20172,100 × 1,650 (1.14 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Burning oil tanks on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, following the Japanese air attack delivered on the morning of 4 June 1942 during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>. These tanks were located near what was then the southern shore of Sand Island. This view looks inland from the vicinity of the beach. Three Laysan Albatross (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooney_Bird" class="extiw" title="en:Gooney Bird">"Gooney Bird"</a>) chicks are visible in the foreground.
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