"Surrounded by a veteran crew of Marines who have spent 15 months in the Southwest and Central Pacific, this gun, named the 'Lena Horne' by its crew, points majestically skyward. The gun is manned by members of the 51st Defense Battalion, one of two such Negro units in the Corps.", 1945
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- 1945
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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""Surrounded by a veteran crew of Marines who have spent 15 months in the Southwest and Central Pacific, this gun, named the 'Lena Horne' by its crew, points majestically skyward. The gun is manned by members of the 51st Defense Battalion, one of two such Negro units in the Corps.", 1945" (1945). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Surrounded_by_a_veteran_crew_of_Marines_who_have_spent_15_months_in_the_Southwest_and_Central_Pacific,_this_gun,_named_-_NARA_-_532556.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 5555.
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