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• artillery
• wwi
• worldwari
• worldwarone
• greatwar
• thegreatwar
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• libraryofcongress
• bldigital
• publicdomain
• mechanicalcurator
• ww1
• firstworldwar
• artillerymen
• soldiers
• war
• soldier
• france
• vol0
• pubplacelondon
• artilleryman
• large
• medium
• sherlocknet:category=organism

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• SDASM Archives 140 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 116 photos & illustrations
• British Library 96 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 23 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 14 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 14 photos & illustrations
• Université de Caen Normandie 9 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 8 photos & illustrations
• University of Victoria Libraries 6 photos & illustrations
• Gallen-Kallelan Museo 6 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Virginia 5 photos & illustrations

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joyce secciani wasp image Anti Aircraft

from SDASM Archives

• Ken Glaze said:

  Given this is labeled as "Tracking with the 90", I have reason to believe that this is actually a photo of the 89th Coast Artillery Regiment, Antiaircraft, Military District of Washington, Eastern Defense Command. This unit trained with both the 40mm Bofors and the 90mm AA gun. This was an experiment in using women as defensive gunners. Reference: THE MILITARY HISTORY OF WASHINGTON IN THE WAR YEARS, 1942 – 1945, by William H. Cartwright, Jr.

• Rachel Wright said:

  Ken Glaze
  What a fun fact about women serving during WW2. The picture above though is definitely Camp Davis, as noted in the description WASP were sent there to tow targets for the men who were training - Camp Davis was an important antiaircraft training center during World War II.
  
  Here are some additional photos from the same event that show a little more detail and can be traced to WASP history.
  
  twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p214coll...
  twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p214coll...

Wire wrapping of 14" gun (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

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world war two

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  This photo appears to have been taken aboard a Lexington-class aircraft carrier with its original main battery of eight Mk. 9, 8-inch guns (8"/55 caliber guns) in four 190-ton twin-turrets. The guns were in two turrets each fore and aft of the ship's island. Here, we're looking at the crew in front of the aft turret.