306768 Accession Number: 306768

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Philippines. 1944. Interior of the ward room of a US Navy escort carrier which had been converted to a sick bay. Heavily bandaged casualties sit in chairs beside other patients lying on tables used as beds. Note the operations maps still hanging on the wall about the patients' heads. The original caption states that they were wounded in the third round of the second battle of the Philippine Sea. (Naval Historical Collection) (Formerly Y013/17/08)

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Accession Number
306768
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 8x10"
Support: Paper (Resin-coated)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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