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Sighting the Target

A choppy ocean with a periscope in the foreground and smoke in the background
Description: Painting, Watercolor; by Georges Schreiber; 1943; Framed Dimensions 31H X 39W
Accession #: 88-159-JI as a Gift of Abbott Laboratories
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A smudge of smoke on the horizon reveals the presence of an enemy ship, pray for the submarine's hungry torpedoes. Only her periscope shows as the sub races below surface to get within target range of her next victim. 

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  • World War II 1939-1945
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