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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97593

Marshall and Gilbert Islands raid, February 1942


A U.S. Navy SOC "Seagull" floatplane flies over Wotje Atoll, during the attack on the Japanese airfield there by gunfire from USS Salt Lake City (CV-25) and USS Northampton (CA-26)) and fighters from USS Enterprise (CV-6), 1 February 1942.
The original picture caption identifies the burning facilities as an ammunition dump and two fuel dumps.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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17 April 2001