This wartime photograph captures the aftermath of a low-level air attack on a Japanese rail line somewhere in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Smoke rises from damaged boxcars and trackside structures amid a landscape of coconut palm groves, a scene typical of the interdiction missions flown by U.S. Fifth Air Force light and medium bomber units, including the 312th Bombardment Group, against Japanese transportation and supply lines in New Guinea and the Philippines during 1944-1945. Project: 218556