Caption | Light cruiser USS Nashville bombarding Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 7 Aug 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||
Identification Code | NH 50768 | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 7 Aug 1942 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Aleutian Islands, Alaska | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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23 Aug 2019 08:17:41 PM
The official Navy caption for this photo lists the date as 8 Aug 1942 but Nashville’s war diaries and action reports say the bombardment occurred on 7 Aug 1942. Cressman’s Navy WWII chronology agrees.