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Mopping Up After Bombardment
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Mopping up after the bombardment of Cape Gloucester while the American cruiser returns to base are: (left to right, all shirtless) Seaman 2nd Class Dominick Gresinanno of Brooklyn, New York, Seaman 2nd Class Pandillis Perris of Bronx, New York, Seaman 1st Class Edward Presutti of Staten Island, New York and Seaman 2nd Class Daniel Koepp or Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Cape Gloucester was located in New Britain, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
December 26, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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