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USS Manchester Fires Main and Secondary Batteries During Bombardment of Korean Coast

Muzzle flashes form a sheet of flame as the USS Manchester fires a broadside from its main and secondary batteries in the pre-dawn hours. The action took place near Kosang, Korea, as part of Task Force 95 bombardment of the Korean coast. The photograph is part of an album entitled "Pictures by R. Admiral Lewis Parks. USS Manchester."

Seaman Carlos H. Smith is Lowered to the Deck of the USS Manchester

Seaman Carlos H. Smith is lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the USS Manchester where he was treated for a bad tooth. Original caption: In a short time, the "egg-beater" was lowering its patient-passenger to the decks of the cruiser Manchester where the mailman's stricken molar was treated by Dr. F. W. Cook in the ship's fully-equipped dental lab. By noon the next day, the air taxi returned to the Manchester and delivered a relieved mailman Smith back to his grateful shipmates on the Higbee.

United States Navy Helicopter Lifts Seaman Carlos Smith Aboard for Transport to the USS Manchester

Seaman Carlos H. Smith can be seen just as he is assisted into the helicopter by an unidentified person. The helicopter transported him to the USS Manchester to have his toothache treated. The photograph was part of an album entitled "Pictures by R. Admiral Lewis Parks. USS Manchester."