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80-G-81973: Wake Island Raid, October 1943

80-G-81973: Wake Island Raid, October 1943. A heavy cruiser’s 8-inch guns bombard Wake, as seen from USS Minneapolis (CA-36), 5 October 1943. The two following ships are (in no particular order): USS San Francisco (CA-38) and USS New Orleans (CA-32). U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: Wake Island Raid, October 1943. A heavy cruiser’s 8-inch guns bombard Wake, as seen from USS Minneapolis (CA-36), 5 October 1943. The two following ships are (in no particular order): USS San Francisco (CA-38) and USS New Orleans (CA-32). U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Accession #: 80-G-81973
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