File:Bombs on USS Cowpens (CVL-25) before Wake Island raid in October 1943.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy pilots and crewmen aboard the light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens (CVL-25) looking at bombs that have been inscribed with messages for the targeted Japanese on Wake Island, just before the raids on 5-6 October 1943.
Date circa 5 October 1943
date QS:P,+1943-10-05T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-208176 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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