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Photo #: NH 75615

Sinking of USS Lansdale (DD-426)
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20 April 1944, off North Africa

The bodies of two men killed in the sinking of Lansdale are brought ashore at a North African port from a U.S. Coast Guard manned destroyer escort which conducted rescue operations.
The DE is either USS Menges (DE-320) or USS Newell (DE-322).

Coourtesy of Mr. James Russell.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 14 November 2005