Navy crew manning a Bofors .40 mm anti-aircraft gun onboard ship in December 1942

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"File No. GE-AA-26-14036. December 7, 1942. Ack-Ack - Always watchful during operation in hostile waters, a crew mans this Bofors .40 millimeter twin-mount anti-aircraft gun. Clips of shells line the gun nest." Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Location unknown. 7 December 1942

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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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Antiaircraft guns--American