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80-G-343581: Okinawa Campaign, U.S. Naval Gunfire Support, USS Longshaw (DDG-559), May 18, 1945

80-G-343581: Okinawa Campaign, U.S. Naval Gunfire Support, USS Longshaw (DDG-559), May 18, 1945. Direct hit by Japanese shore guns on USS Longshaw (DDG-559), while aground off Okinawa in Ryukyu Islands. As seen from USS Vincennes (CL-64). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Arhives. (2014/5/22).
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Caption: Okinawa Campaign, U.S. Naval Gunfire Support, USS Longshaw (DDG-559), May 18, 1945. Direct hit by Japanese shore guns on USS Longshaw (DDG-559), while aground off Okinawa in Ryukyu Islands. As seen from USS Vincennes (CL-64). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Arhives. (2014/5/22).
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