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Aerial View of USS Manchester in Cloud of Smoke

2015-0431
Accession Number
2015-0431
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Original caption: Clouds of smoke hang over the USS Manchester as its rapid firing main and secondary batteries blast enemy installations along the Eastern coast of Korea. The picture was taken at the peak of a three day bombardment in which over 3,000 rounds of high capacity projectiles were fired from the ships heavy batteries.
Date(s)
January 1951