DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 50949
Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942
A Japanese patrol boat (black smudge to the right) under attack
by gunfire from USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Maury
(DD-401) and aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6), during
the Wake Island raid.
Photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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