U.S. Navy's ship ammunition hold explodes near Sicily in 1943
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"1994 - 3 copies - 1994. For Release. September 1943. Fireworks in the Sicilian theatre... aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, escorting a United Nations convoy to recent operations in Sicily. A camera catches destruction havocked upon a U.S. Navy munitions ship. 3. Ammunition hold explodes-- a "Fourth of July" seldom witnessed in intensity here at home. Exploding shells and powder cause this fountain of fury. - Official U.S. Navy Photograph." 1943
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$120.00
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
Geography:
Sicilia
Latitude:
37.500
Longitude:
14.000
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Explosions--Sicily