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Caption | Busy flight deck of the USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943. In the foreground is an SBD Dauntless while F6F-3 Hellcats land astern after a strike against Rabaul in support of Bougainville operations. ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Solomon Sea, Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||||
Date | 5 Nov 1943 | ||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy / United States Library of Congress | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | LOC fsa.8e02147 | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 5 Nov 1943 | ||||||||||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||||
Photo Size | 2,000 x 1,589 pixels |
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