
| Caption | US Navy African-American enlisted sailors aboard USS Ticonderoga celebrating upon hearing the news of Japanese surrender, 14 Aug 1945 | |||||||
| Photographer | Barrett Gallagher | |||||||
| Source | United States National Archives | |||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-469544 | |||||||
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