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80-G-55337: Wake Island Raid, October 5-6, 1943

80-G-55337: Wake Island Raid, October 5-6, 1943. Rear Admiral Ernest G. Small onboard his flagship, USS Minneapolis (CA 36), as he looks back at the burning Wake Island after the raid on October 5, 1943. Photographed by CPU-7. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/04/28).
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Caption: Wake Island Raid, October 5-6, 1943. Rear Admiral Ernest G. Small onboard his flagship, USS Minneapolis (CA-36), as he looks back at the burning Wake Island after the raid on October 5, 1943. Photographed by CPU-7. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/04/28).
Accession #: 80-G-55337
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