US Navy sailors of the Naval Artillery Team

US Navy sailors of the Naval Artillery Team

Nov 25, 2019 #US Army
American Navy Sailors

 

US Navy sailors, group photo of a naval artillery team.
All of these US Navy sailors were awarded the U.S. Sea Crosses for continuing to fire cannons when their ship was damaged by the Japanese attack in the Battle of the Philippines.

In the photo, from left to right, US Navy sailors: 2nd class sailor Jonell Copeland; Que gant; Harold Clark; James Eddie Dockery; Alonzo Alexander Swann; Eli Benjamin.


Source of the US Navy sailors: US National Archives.




Location: Philippines
Photo Time: 1945

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