The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Wickes (DD-578) operating as a unit of the 7th Fleet at Marianas Bay, P.I. She makes one last check on smouldering beachheads before the advance of troop-laden landing craft.
Categories: Ships and Submarines
 
 
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