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NH 96810 USS Missouri (BB-63)

Photo #: NH 96810 USS Missouri (BB-63)
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Title: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Description: Sailors loading the ship with supplies, probably during her shakedown period, circa July-September 1944. An endless human chain carries boxes of Lucky Strike cigarettes from the truck up the gangway and onto Missouri's forward main deck. The original caption states: An average of five cases of cigarettes is smoked during a tour at sea. Photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory on 30 October 1944. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 96810
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