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80-G-46527: Operation Flintlock, February 1944

80-G-46527: Operation Flintlock, January-February 1944. Japanese ammunition box found beside coastal defense gun at the eastern end of Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands. The box has been pierced by a shell fragment, but the ammunition did not explode. Released September 19, 1944. Offical U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07).
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Caption: Operation Flintlock, February 1944. Japanese ammunition box found beside coastal defense gun at the eastern end of Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands. The box has been pierced by a shell fragment, but the ammunition did not explode. Released September 19, 1944. Offical U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07).
Accession #: 80-G-46527
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