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Description 80-G-42813: Lieutenant Ward F. Powell, USNR, was awarded the Navy Cross recently Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, Commander of the South Pacific Force, Lieutenant Powell led a flight of torpedo planes against Japanese Naval forces in the Battle of Santa Cruz, October 26, 1942. Through heavy anti-aircraft fire, Lieutenant Powell led his planes to score two direct 500 pound bomb hits on a heavy enemy cruiser. Photographed, September 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/08/01).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/36318907215 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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