A Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft in action aboard an American ship.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"2098 - 2 photos - 2098. U.S. Navy Motion Picture Exchange and U.S. Naval Training School (sound motion picture technicians), U.S. Navy Yard, New York, N.Y. 320. A forty millimeter in action. Note the talker - nested between these hell raisers - he must get information accurately for gun crew from the control tower. - Official U.S. Navy Photograph." Circa 1943

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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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New York
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40.700
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-74.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Battleships--American--New York
Antiaircraft guns--American--New York
Military training--New York