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Photograph of U.S. Navy General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight above Vietnam, January 12, 1945.

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (tail number 128) of Air Group 4, U.S. Navy, in flight off the Vietnamese coast, January 12, 1945. Caption: "Avenger torpedo bomber of Air Group 4 off coast of French Indo China (Viet Nam) / Jan.…

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (tail number 128) of Air Group 4, U.S. Navy, in flight off the Vietnamese coast, January 12, 1945. Inscription: "Avenger of AG-4 off coast of French Indo-China (Vietnam) / Jan. 12, 1945 / Polyfibre…

Photograph of four U.S. Navy General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight over Vietnam, January 12, 1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex torpedo planes, French Indo-China (Viet Nam) / 1/12/1945 / K28."Caption on album page: "Four TBM's of AG-4 / French…

Photograph of U.S. Navy General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight above Vietnam, January 12, 1945.Caption on album page: "Essex torpedo planes, French Indo-China (Viet Nam) / 1/12/45."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to…

Photograph of two General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (fuselage designations 132 and 128) in flight above Vietnam, January 12, 1945.Caption on album page: "Essex torpedo planes, French Indo-China (Viet Nam) / 1/12/45."Part of a disassembled album…

Photograph of a Japanese freighter damaged by a torpedo, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, January 12, 1945Inscription on verso: "Camranh Bay / French Indo China / Jap freigter [sic] hit by torpedo from Torpedo Squadron #4 from Essex / 1-12-45."Part of a…

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Bruce Mennella and interviewer John Barth, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, January 28, 2020.

In this two-part oral history, Michael R. Yunck is interviewed about his military service with the United States Marine Corps. In part two, he describes his final World War II assignment as commander of Marine Fighting Squadron 311 (VMF-311), based…

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with David C. "Dave" Wellman and interviewer Bruce Florsheim, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, May 18, 2018.