The Snapshots in Time Collection
Warship Mast and Radar Array with Canvas-Covered Deck Gun, Pacific Theater, 1945 (VMF-214 Album)
A U.S. Navy vessel's radar-equipped mast towers above a canvas-shrouded deck gun in this 1945 snapshot from the personal album of a Marine Fighter Squadron 214 (VMF-214) 'Black Sheep' airman, illustrating the naval support infrastructure operating alongside Marine aviation units in the closing months of the Pacific War. Project: 218396