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Caption | Crewmen of USS St. Louis fighting fires in the hangar, after the ship was struck by a special attack airccraft off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 27 Nov 1944; note wrecked SOC aircraft in background ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 27 Nov 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-361985 | ||||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||||
Photo Size | 740 x 554 pixels |
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