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80-G-464088 USS Wichita (CA-45)

Photo #: 80-G-464088 USS Wichita (CA-45)
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Description: Ship's Chief Petty Officers listen to the radio broadcast of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to the Congress requesting a declaration of War against the Axis powers, circa 8 December 1941. Note photograph of President Roosevelt on the bulkhead. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-464088
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