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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-13797 (Color)

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN (left),
Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN and
Major General Holland M. Smith, USMC (wearing helmet)

Look over the edge of a 20mm gun tub, while inspecting shipping at Pearl Harbor just prior to the Gilberts Operation, circa October 1943.
Army Brigadier General H.B. Holmes is immediately behind them, wearing a garrison cap.
Note gun training limit bar and gun crew in flashproof clothing.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Image posted 7 May 1999
Rescanned and reposted 29 December 2006