40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns aboard light cruiser Montpelier, circa 1943Aerial view of light cruiser USS Montpelier, circa 1943German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, Major General Arthur Schmidt, and PaulusMontpelier underway, circa 1943
40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns aboard light cruiser Montpelier, circa 1943Aerial view of light cruiser USS Montpelier, circa 1943German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, Major General Arthur Schmidt, and Paulus' adjutant Colonel Wilhelm Adam after their surrender, Stalingrad, Russia, 31 Jan 1943Montpelier underway, circa 1943
SOC Seagull aircraft being catapulted from USS Montpelier, circa 1943
SOC Seagull aircraft being catapulted from USS Montpelier, circa 1943


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