American landing craft in waters off of Bougainville in November 1943
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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Landing craft from the USS George Clymer (APA-27). "File No: M-B-LO-1-54388. Released: November 29, 1943. Near miss-- water towers high, as Japanese missiles splash into Empress Auguste Bay after narrowly missing American landing craft during the November 1 attack on Bougainville Island, last Japanese stronghold in the Solomons. - Official U.S. Navy Photograph." 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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Bougainville
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Landing craft--American--Bougainville