Tropic sunlight beats down on a very un-Christmaslike scene for these men of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier anchored at Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. They hold their celebration anyway by following a hearty turkey dinner with the distribtion of free
Categories: World War II
 
 
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