File:127mm gun crew on USS Wichita (CA-45), circa in April 1945.jpg

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English: View of a gun crew of a 127 mm/L38 gun aboard the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) during a shore bombardement of Okinawa, Japan, March-May 1945. Note that the "hot shell man" catches the disgorged shell, while another crewman waits with a new shell on the left.
Date circa April 1945
date QS:P,+1945-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Wichita (CA-45) 1939-1945 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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