Sign for the First Gun for WWII, State Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, MN. The pic was shot in St. Paul, MN, 050102 The sign says, "... on December 7, 1941 when the gun fired the first shot in the defense of the United States of America in the war with Japan, sinking an enemy submarine off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The gun was mounted on the Destroyer U.S.S. Ward and was manned by a crew of Minnesota Naval Reservists. ... "
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