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Photo #: 80-G-216634

Invasion of Kwajalein, February 1944


Crewmen on USS Baltimore (CA-68), at left, pass cold drinks to U.S. Marines on board an LST, shortly after the conquest of Kwajalein. In the lower left, some of the cruiser's crew are examining a Japanese machine gun magazine which had been captured on one of Kwajalein's islands.
Note the LST's navigation light in the right center.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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12 December 2002