Aerial view of Taihoku Prison in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan, 17 Jun 1945District of Tarumiza at Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan under attack by aircraft of 499th Bomb Squadron, US 345th Bomb Group, 17 Jun 1945
Aerial view of Taihoku Prison in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan, 17 Jun 1945District of Tarumiza at Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan under attack by aircraft of 499th Bomb Squadron, US 345th Bomb Group, 17 Jun 1945


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