USS_Radford_(DD-446)_steaming_into_Tulagi_Harbour_with_468_survivors_form_USS_Helena_(CL-50),_6_July_1943.jpg
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Description USS Radford (DD-446) steaming into Tulagi Harbour with 468 survivors form USS Helena (CL-50), 6 July 1943.jpg | The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Radford (DD-446) steaming into Tulagi Harbour in the Solomons with a deckload of survivors of the sunken light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50), and with the wounded filling all available space below, 6 July 1943. Helena was sunk during the Battle of Kula Gulf the night before. Radford received Presidential Unit Citation for the rescue of 468 survivors. |
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Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org |
Author | U.S. Navy |
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