Photo #: NH 97051
"Shore Batteries under Fire"
White phosphorus shells bursting during a bombardment by USS
Manchester (CL-83) of enemy artillery emplacements on
the Kalma Gak peninsula, near Wonsan, North Korea, circa 4 May
1951.
Photograph was released by Commander, Naval Forces Far East,
under date of 4 May 1951.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands"
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 620 pixels
Note: The original print is slightly disfigured by
horizontal cracking in its lower portion and some emulsion lifting
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