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80-G-11730 Makin Island Raid, August 1942

Photo #: 80-G-11730 Makin Island Raid, August 1942
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Description: Crew member paints a Japanese flag and hashmark on one of the 6/53 guns of USS Nautilus (SS-168), representing the two enemy vessels she sank with gunfire during the Makin Raid. Photographed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 25 August 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-11730
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