Crewmen of a U.S. Navy cruiser covering the Mindoro landing spotting an unidentified plane, Pacific Ocean, January 23, 1945.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"File No: (BUAER 47471-2). Released: January 23, 1945. Friend or Foe? - Eyes of anti-aircraft gun crews of a U.S. Navy cruiser covering the Mindoro landing, strain to spot the statue of an unidentified plane overhead. The heavy 5' guns are tracking the 'bogey' as are the 40-mm. machine guns forward. The 20-mm. in foreground will quickly add their voices to the roar if the plane makes a hostile move. Japs [Japanese] tried unsuccessfully to stop the December 18, 1944, landing which put Allied forces only 120 miles from Manila. (This is Print No. 58 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit 'Power in the Pacific' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) - Official U.S. Navy Photograph".' Pacific Ocean. 18 December 1944
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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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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
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-91.000
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Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean