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Canadian Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Percy Nelles inspecting a Japanese shell recovered from the Estevan Point lighthouse shelling attack of 20 Jun 1942 by Japanese submarine I-26.

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Caption     Canadian Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Percy Nelles inspecting a Japanese shell recovered from the Estevan Point lighthouse shelling attack of 20 Jun 1942 by Japanese submarine I-26. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Date 9 Jul 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseCanadian Archives/Canadian Department of National Defense
Identification Code   a134083
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 706 x 573 pixels



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