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80-G-K-16184: Wake Island Raid, 5-6 October 1943

80-G-K-16184: Airfield and other facilities on Wake burn during attacks by planes from Rear Admiral A.E. Montgomery's carrier task force. Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane. Note sunken ship off the beach in the center distance. Photographed by Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: Airfield and other facilities on Wake burn during attacks by planes from Rear Admiral A.E. Montgomery's carrier task force. Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane. Note sunken ship off the beach in the center distance. Photographed by Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Accession #: 80-G-K-16184
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