Chronology of World War II

Friday, July 6th


USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) Operating off Okinawa


USS <i>Wilkes-Barre</i> (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