USS OSWALD 767

"A 40 MM gun crew in action. Notice the ammunition in a standby condition hanging in its rack. They are fired in clips of four. That pipe that looks like a hand rail, in the right of the photo, is used to deflect the barrel of the gun so that in their excitement, the crew does not blow up the ships bridge"

Photo provided by Miriam Lowe, sister of crewmember Paul J. Hinz, deceased.
Mr. Hinz labeled the photo with the above information.

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