File:Transferring Casualties From USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) To USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103), 11 May 1945.jpg
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17): Casualties from "Kamikaze" hits are transferred to USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) for medical care, off Okinawa on 11 May 1945.
Photographed from Wilkes-Barre's port side amidships, looking aft. Note SB2C aircraft (one with a burned wing) parked aft on Bunker Hill, smashed 40mm gun position on her starboard side, smoke from still-burning fires, and firefighting water streaming over her side. On Wilkes-Barre note the 40mm quad gun mount in the foreground and the electronic antenna above.
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Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-328619 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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U.S. Navy
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