Soldiers abandoning the sinking SS President Coolidge
Soldiers abandoning the sinking SS President Coolidge in Espiritu Santo Harbor. She hit a U.S. mine because instructions for safe entry into the harbor were omitted from her sailing orders. All but two on board survived, but the loss of equipment and supplies deepened the crisis at Guadalcanal. Oct. 26, 1943. World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_10_99)
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11002313
Media ID
45258634
Size
3000px x 2263px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
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