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Photo #: SC 145523

3"/23 Anti-Aircraft Gun Crew


On alert aboard USS Chateau Thierry (AP-31), as she approaches Northern Ireland after crossing the Atlantic fromn New York, 1 February 1942.
Note the inflatable life belt worn by the man at right.

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 82KB; 900 x 740 pixels

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    Image Posted 25 March 2010