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Description "Five steward's mates stand at their battle stations, as a gun crew aboard a Coast Guard-manned frigate in the southwest Pacific. On call to general quarters, these Coast Guardsmen man a 20mm AA gun. They are, left to right, James L. Wesley, standing with a clip of shells; L. S. Haywood, firing; William Watson, reporting to bridge by phone from his gun captain's post; William Morton, loading a full clip, assisted by Odis Lane, facing camera across gun barrel." , ca. 1941 - ca. 1945
Date circa 1941-1945
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration , cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 513214 .

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