File:Japanese patrol boat under attack off Wake on 24 February 1942.jpg

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Description A Japanese patrol boat (black smudge to the right) under attack by gunfire from the U.S. Navy destroyers USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Maury (DD-401) and aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the Wake Island raid on 24 February 1942.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 50949 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25).

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