Keywords: Saved-by-a-shell RG-208-AA-158-A-17.jpg Photograph 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 author accession number Official U S Navy Photograph <gallery> RG-208-AA-158-A-17 tif tif </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov-Military-Navy PD-USGov-FSA Uploaded with UploadWizard Files from NARA ExtravaSCANza Casualties of World War II |