Chronology of World War II
Friday, July 6th
USS
Wilkes-Barre
(CL-103) Operating off Okinawa
USS
Wilkes-Barre
(CL-103) operating off Okinawa in July 1945. Photographed from on board the USS
Essex
(CV-9), with a TBF aircraft parked in the foreground. Port broadside surface view, looking into the sun, with
Wilkes-Barre
essentially seen in silhouette