Air raid warning gong photographed on Guadalcanal in November 1943. It was made from the nose cap of a Japanese 14" shell which fell on Henderson Field during a 1942 bombardment.
Categories: World War II
 
 
Physical photos in the U.S. Naval Institute photo archive are stored in the Mario Family Foundation Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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