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SC 427949 Pearl Harbor LST Explosion, 21 May 1944

Photo #: SC 427949 Pearl Harbor LST Explosion, 21 May 1944
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Title: Pearl Harbor LST Explosion, 21 May 1944
Description: Men watch as fire fighters battle flames on USS LST-480. Photographed on 22 May 1944, the day after the disaster. Note the men working from the LVT(2) amphibious tractor in the center. The LVT wears the nickname Captain Blood. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: SC 427949
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