Kwajalein after its capture of Feb. 4, 1944, shows effects of Naval bombardment.
- Date
- c. 1944
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 2,700 × 2,700 pixels
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