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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Smoke pours from a large ship as a smaller boat passes in the foreground.

USS Savannah

The USS Savannah is hit by a German, radio-controlled bomb on Sept. 11, 1943, while supporting Allied forces during the invasion of Salerno, Italy. The photograph shows the explosion venting through the top of a gun turret and through the ship’s hull below the waterline. A motor torpedo boat is passing by in the foreground.

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