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80-G-K-16184 Wake Island Raid

Wake Island Raid
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Title: Wake Island Raid
Caption: Airfield and other facilities on Wake burn, 5-6 October 1943, during attacks by planes from Rear Admiral A.E. Montgomery's carrier task force. Photographed from a USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) plane. Note sunken ship off the beach in the center distance.
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Catalog #: 80-G-K-16184
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photographer, Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: Color Photo
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