A FM-2 Wildcat fighter prepared to launch from USS Charger while another flew overhead, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States, 8 May 1944Engraved invitation to the commissioning of the USS Ticonderoga, 8 May 1944. This invitation was issued to Lt. C. Clifton Francom, a pilot with Torpedo Squadron 80.Starboard side view of Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being delivered to the US Navy on the morning of her commissioning, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Untied States, May 8, 1944.USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 1 of 3
A FM-2 Wildcat fighter prepared to launch from USS Charger while another flew overhead, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States, 8 May 1944Engraved invitation to the commissioning of the USS Ticonderoga, 8 May 1944. This invitation was issued to Lt. C. Clifton Francom, a pilot with Torpedo Squadron 80.Starboard side view of Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being delivered to the US Navy on the morning of her commissioning, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Untied States, May 8, 1944.USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 1 of 3
USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 2 of 3USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 3 of 3Wrecked Nagatsuki on the beach at Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, 8 May 1944; she was beached on 5 Jul 1943 during the Battle of Kula Gulf; photographed from cruiser USS Montpelier
USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 2 of 3USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 3 of 3Wrecked Nagatsuki on the beach at Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, 8 May 1944; she was beached on 5 Jul 1943 during the Battle of Kula Gulf; photographed from cruiser USS Montpelier


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