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NH 106856 Photo # USS Charger

Photo # NH 106856 USS Charger
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Title: Photo # USS Charger
Description: (AVG-30) One of the ship's 3/50 gun crews standing by, June 1942. Note that one of these Sailors is wearing a World War I era steel helmet. Several arrows drawn on the original image mark the gun breech operator (2nd from right), the loader (left center), the hot shell man (right, with asbestos gloves), and three ammunition handlers (left and center foreground). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 106856
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