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Old 09-12-2015, 10:13 AM   #4636
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http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nake...e-rabaul-1944/

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This young crewman of a US Navy “Dumbo” PBY rescue mission has just jumped into the water of Rabaul Harbor to rescue a badly burned Marine pilot who was shot down while bombing the Japanese-held fortress of Rabaul. Since Japanese coastal defense guns were firing at the plane while it was in the water during take-off, this brave young man, after rescuing the pilot, manned his position as machine gunner without taking time to put on his clothes. A hero photographed right after he’d completed his heroic act. Naked.
The "blister" toward the back of the plane is his position

http://legendsintheirowntime.com/PBY...203_p177_W.png
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