
Caption | F4U-1D Corsair with Marine Squadron 216 aboard USS Wasp (Essex-class) being moved onto the deck-edge elevator on its way to the hangar deck following a strike against targets in and around Tokyo, Japan, Feb 17, 1945. ww2dbase | |||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via VMF216.com | |||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 17 Feb 1945 | |||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | |||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
Added Date | 26 Jan 2013 | |||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. Please support Robert Marshall, Jr. and John Kemper's effort with their VMF216.com project. Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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