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80-G-305235 USS TULAGI (CVE-72)

USS TULAGI (CVE-72)
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Title: USS TULAGI (CVE-72)
Caption: Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, foreground, congratulates the carrier's pilots for destroying a target beyond the reach of naval guns, during the invasion of southern France, 16 August 1944. Photographed in the carrier's ready room. Note chalk board message in background: "be sure the charge guns on take off".
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Catalog #: 80-G-305235
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Wed, Aug 16, 1944
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW photograph
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