Destroyer's aft gun illuminates an American flag during night action
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"1624 - 201 photos - 1624. A U.S. Navy destroyer escorts a United Nations convoy somewhere in the North Atlantic. 79. During night action, the flash from the aft gun illuminates an American flag. - 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.
Geography:
Atlantic Ocean
Latitude:
1.000
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-40.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Night photographs
Flags--American
Battleships--American--Atlantic Ocean