014579 Accession Number: 014579

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NEW GUINEA. IN A MOONLIGHT ATTACK ON LAE HARBOUR A FORMATION OF AMERICAN MITCHELL BOMBERS SCORED DIRECT HITS ON AN ENEMY SUBMARINE UNLOADING CARGO. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTACK IN WHICH THE SUB WAS BLOWN TO PIECES. LEFT TO RIGHT LIEUT. CHARLES W. HOWE OF VENTURA, CAL. CAPT. ROBERT D. CHATT OF TEKAMAH, NEB. LIEUT. JOHN J. CLARKE OF CHICAGO, ILL. BACK ROW. LIEUT. NELSON P. INGRAM OF LOUISBERG, NORTH. CAR. LIEUT. DONALD J. MACLELLAN OF OAKLAND, CAL. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

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Accession Number
014579
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
5 April 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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