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80-G-55256: Wake Island Raid, October 5-6, 1943

80-G-55256: Wake Island Raid, October 5-6, 1943. USS Minneapolis (CA 36), battle preparations are made, the morning of an attack on Wake Island, October 5, 1943. The crew are assembled to be given instructions in flash-burn protection. Photographed by CPU-7. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/4/28).
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Caption: Wake Island Raid, October 5-6, 1943. USS Minneapolis (CA-36), battle preparations are made, the morning of an attack on Wake Island, October 5, 1943. The crew are assembled to be given instructions in flash-burn protection. Photographed by CPU-7. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/4/28).
Accession #: 80-G-55256
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