
Caption | Â Â Â | Damage to Lexington port side number six 5-in gun by dive bomb, Battle of Coral Sea, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note TBD-1 Devastator bomber on deck and F4F-3 Wildcat fighter approaching to land ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | Â Â Â | 80-G-16806 | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | Â | 8 May 1942 | ||||||||||||||
Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
Added Date | Â | 24 Oct 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Â | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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