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.
- Date
- 1944-10-26
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,700 × 2,700 pixels
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