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| Keywords: RG-208-AA-158-A-17.tif author en Death-dealing ammunition probably saved this injured seaman's life He was holding a five-inch shell when a torpedo struck his ship and the shell was so heavy it kept him from being knocked down by the blast thus enabling him to fight through the ensuing fires 1943-05-11 Institution National Archives and Records Administration RG-208-AA-158-A 17 accession number Official U S Navy Photograph <gallery> File Saved-by-a-shell RG-208-AA-158-A-17 jpg jpg </gallery> PD-USGov-Military-Navy NARA-cooperation Casualties of World War II | ||||