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80-G-66281 Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942

Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942
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Title: Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942
Caption: View taken aboard USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) looking forward along the island, outboard, showing 20 MM Oerlikon gallery manned by Marines. Note mattresses to rails as splinter protection.
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Catalog #: 80-G-66281
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Tue, Feb 24, 1942
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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