Keywords: ColumbiaBougainville.jpg Removed caption read Photo 80-G-44059 Japanese plane crashes near USS Columbia during the Bougainville Campaign Nov 1943 Bougainville Operation November 1943 A Japanese plane plunges into the sea ahead of USS Columbia CL-56 as she steams in column with other cruisers during the attack on Bougainville 1-2 November 1943 Note 6 /47 gun turrets with six-inch shell casings on deck below them Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cl56 htm PD-USGov USS Columbia CL-56 Bougainville Island |