US Navy sailors manning antiaircraft guns on an aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Navy sailors manning antiaircraft guns on the side of an aircraft carrier. Official caption on front: "Carrier gunners repel Japan's attack off Marianas. US Navy Photo 130-1." Pacific Ocean. No date

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1942
1945
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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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Mariana Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Sailors--American--Mariana Islands
Naval battles--Mariana Islands
Antiaircraft guns--American--Mariana Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mariana Islands
Naval battles--Mariana Islands