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80-G-30682 North African Invasion

Photo #: 80-G-30682 North African Invasion
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Title: North African Invasion
Description: November 1942 French destroyer Milan beached off Casablanca, Morocco on 4 December 1942. Badly damaged during the Battle of Casablanca on 8 November 1942, her forward superstructure is largely burned out. In the left distance is a French commercial freighter. U.S. Navy ships are in the center and right distance, among them a Brooklyn class light cruiser and a Raven-Auk class minesweeper. Note the railroad line in the foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-30682
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