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US Navy Chaplain N. D. Lindner leading a memorial service aboard USS South Dakota for men lost to air attacks, off Guam, 1 Jul 1944H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 2.H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 2.USS Yorktown (Essex-class) under way east of Guam during the Mariana Islands Campaign, 17 Jul 1944.
US Navy Chaplain N. D. Lindner leading a memorial service aboard USS South Dakota for men lost to air attacks, off Guam, 1 Jul 1944H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 2.H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 2.USS Yorktown (Essex-class) under way east of Guam during the Mariana Islands Campaign, 17 Jul 1944.
Replacement aircraft for Espiritu Santo crowd the flight deck of the Escort Carrier USS Kwajalein as she steams from San Pedro, California, United States, 19 Jul 1944TBM-1C Avengers of VT-2 with wheels and arrester hooks down above the carrier Hornet (Essex-class) after a strike on Guam, 18 Jul 1944. Note rocket rails and ASB radar antennas under the wings.Carrier USS Ranger as seen from destroyer USS DeHaven as they steamed from the Panama Canal toward San Diego, California, 22 Jul 1944. Note the life rafts stacked in bundles of three.Carrier USS Ranger in her Measure 33, Design 1a paint scheme as seen from destroyer USS DeHaven as they steamed from the Panama Canal toward San Diego, California, 22 Jul 1944.
Replacement aircraft for Espiritu Santo crowd the flight deck of the Escort Carrier USS Kwajalein as she steams from San Pedro, California, United States, 19 Jul 1944TBM-1C Avengers of VT-2 with wheels and arrester hooks down above the carrier Hornet (Essex-class) after a strike on Guam, 18 Jul 1944. Note rocket rails and ASB radar antennas under the wings.Carrier USS Ranger as seen from destroyer USS DeHaven as they steamed from the Panama Canal toward San Diego, California, 22 Jul 1944. Note the life rafts stacked in bundles of three.Carrier USS Ranger in her Measure 33, Design 1a paint scheme as seen from destroyer USS DeHaven as they steamed from the Panama Canal toward San Diego, California, 22 Jul 1944.
Franklin in the Mariana Islands, 1 Aug 1944; photograph taken from carrier HornetBroadside view of destroyer USS Hoel in her Measure 21, Design 1D paint scheme as seen from the carrier USS Kwajalein, 10 Aug 1944 off Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.Enlisted personnel of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 in front of the scoreboard for USS Princeton (Independence-class), Western Pacific, late 1944.
Franklin in the Mariana Islands, 1 Aug 1944; photograph taken from carrier HornetBroadside view of destroyer USS Hoel in her Measure 21, Design 1D paint scheme as seen from the carrier USS Kwajalein, 10 Aug 1944 off Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.'The Royal Court of Neptunus Rex': line crossing ceremony aboard USS Petrof Bay, 23 Aug 1944Enlisted personnel of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 in front of the scoreboard for USS Princeton (Independence-class), Western Pacific, late 1944.
Captain Carlos Wieber bids welcome to the Ruler of the Raging Main, Neptunus Rex, and his Court aboard USS Essex for the Line Crossing ceremony, 1 Sep 1944Line Crossing ceremony aboard USS Essex, 1 Sep 1944Line Crossing ceremony aboard USS Essex, 1 Sep 1944. Official captions reads, "The way of the Pollywog is hard."Rear Admiral Frederic Sherman, left, and Captain Carlos Wieber bid welcome to the Ruler of the Raging Main, Neptunus Rex, and his Court aboard USS Essex for the Line Crossing ceremony, 1 Sep 1944
Captain Carlos Wieber bids welcome to the Ruler of the Raging Main, Neptunus Rex, and his Court aboard USS Essex for the Line Crossing ceremony, 1 Sep 1944Line Crossing ceremony aboard USS Essex, 1 Sep 1944Line Crossing ceremony aboard USS Essex, 1 Sep 1944. Official captions reads, "The way of the Pollywog is hard."Rear Admiral Frederic Sherman, left, and Captain Carlos Wieber bid welcome to the Ruler of the Raging Main, Neptunus Rex, and his Court aboard USS Essex for the Line Crossing ceremony, 1 Sep 1944
Wallet certificate issued to AOM2c Neil Wirick of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 aboard the USS Princeton on the occasion of crossing the equator, which happened on 1 Sep 1944 as Princeton steamed from Eniwetok to Palau.Broadside view of the starboard side of the USS Hornet (Essex-class) under way showing her Dazzle MS33/3a paint scheme, 5 Sep 1944.Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver making a landing approach to the USS Ticonderoga as seen from the carrier’s fantail below the level of the flight deck during training operations in the Central Pacific, Oct 1944.Escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launching two F6F Hellcat fighters as replacement aircraft for Task Force 38 aircraft carriers, fall of 1944 in the Philippine Sea. Note the radome on one of the Hellcats.
Wallet certificate issued to AOM2c Neil Wirick of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 aboard the USS Princeton on the occasion of crossing the equator, which happened on 1 Sep 1944 as Princeton steamed from Eniwetok to Palau.Broadside view of the starboard side of the USS Hornet (Essex-class) under way showing her Dazzle MS33/3a paint scheme, 5 Sep 1944.Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver making a landing approach to the USS Ticonderoga as seen from the carrier’s fantail below the level of the flight deck during training operations in the Central Pacific, Oct 1944.Escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launching two F6F Hellcat fighters as replacement aircraft for Task Force 38 aircraft carriers, fall of 1944 in the Philippine Sea. Note the radome on one of the Hellcats.

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