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USS Craven's Number Three Gun

A gun crew practicing firing at general quarters with a black sailor in the center. He is carrying a shell
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Description: Painting, Watercolor on Paper; By Dwight Clark Shepler; 1942; Unframed Dimensions 16H X 22W
Accession #: 88-199-J
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Anti-aircraft practice aboard the destroyer USS Craven while on convoy. During general quarters all crewmembers participated.  Charlie, the wardroom mess attendant acts as a shell man.

 
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  • People--African Americans
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  • Art
Wars & Conflicts
  • World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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