USS Columbia (CL-56) shelling Japanese facilities in the Shortlands on 1 November 1943
1943
The after 6/47 gun turrets of the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Columbia (CL-56) firing, during the night bombardment of Japanese facilities in the Shortlands that covered the landings on Bougainville.
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