PUT PUT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-21. A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN WREATHED IN FUMES AFTER GELIGNITE RAMMED ...

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Accession Number 098217
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PUT PUT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-21. A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN WREATHED IN FUMES AFTER GELIGNITE RAMMED DOWN ITS BARREL EXPLODED. IT WAS DESTROYED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SAPPER MCDONALD, 13 FIELD COMPANY.