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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 99135

Makin Island raid, August 1942


"Good Luck" cake served on board USS Nautilus (SS-168) shortly before U.S. Marines raided Makin, in the Gilbert Islands, on 17-18 August 1942.
Note the cake's inscription: "God Bless U.S.A.".

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

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 

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3 March 2004