Ack-ack tracer fire was sent up by marines units to form this pattern against the blackness of a South Pacific sky

Ack-ack tracer fire was sent up by marines units to form this pattern against the blackness of a South Pacific sky

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Title:
Ack-ack tracer fire was sent up by marines units to form this pattern against the blackness of a South Pacific sky
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Name on Item:
Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo
Date:
[December 26, 1943–January 16, 1944]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Night photographs
Location:
American Legion Museum
Collection (local):
World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:
Campaigns & battles
Ammunition
Antiaircraft guns
Trees
Light
World War, 1939-1945
Operation Cartwheel, 1943-1944
Places:
Papua New Guinea > West New Britain (province) > Gloucester, Cape
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: NIGHT ATTACK - During the fighting on Cape Gloucester, Japanese bombers attempted to sneak in under cover of night. Spotting equipment found their location and soon a concentration of ack-ack tracer fire was sent up by Marines units to form this pattern against the blackness of a South Pacific sky. Hdqtrs. No. 78392.
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Identifier:
1-257