Night battle in the Bismarck Sea, 1943
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Smoke from artillery fire obscuring an American warship at night. Official caption on front: "Shell blasts and tracer bullets light the Bismark Sea [sic] night. US Navy Photo 123-16." Bismarck Sea. March 1943
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1943-03-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Bismarck Sea
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Warships--American--Papua New Guinea
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Papua New Guinea
Bombardment--Papua New Guinea
Night photographs--Papua New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea