[ansel12]

Here is the article with the photo.

The Story Behind the Photo
Despite the loss of her Number 3 turret in the Java Sea on 4 February, the heavy cruiser Houston and her men fought on. Within a month of this photo, she was sunk at the Battle of Sunda Strait, and most of the men shown were either dead or prisoners of war.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/december/story-behind-photo

[skeeter]

Thanks. Its a poignant story.