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Task Force Cruisers Fire On Wake Island, 12/1943
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film #1457. National Archives description "1) MS-Pan-Tilt Bridge & radar USS MINNEAPOLIS. 2) MS Sailor semaphores over 6" turret.3) LS CA underway. GV Signal flags hoisted. 4) GV DDs & CLs in column, bridge FG. 5) MS 6" turrets fire. LS-Pan Shore, smoke columns. 6) GV CA fires. GV 5" guns fire, CLs BG. 7) GV SOC approaches, taxis alongside, on recovery mat." National Archives Identifier: 76004 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
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United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, Curtiss SOC Seagull, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Minneapolis (CA-36), World War, 1939-1945, USS Minneapolis, World War II, WWII In Color
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