Photo #: 80-G-325537 Submarine Crewmen Wave their newly delivered mail, as their "boat" returns to port from a successful war patrol, circa early 1945. Location is probably Guam. The returning submarine is probably USS Balao (SS-285). Note USS LCT-1062 in the left distance, and .30 caliber and .50 caliber machine guns mounted at the submarine's deck edge. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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2 September 2002