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Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of the sign for Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s.

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen on the USS Essex (CV-9), Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, October 1945. The men are identified in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Bremmerton [sic] Navy Yard / USS…

Photograph of Paul J. Madden (right) and another U.S. Navy serviceman standing in front of an American flag, USS Essex (CV-9), August 1945.Inscription on verso: "As the Essex's victory ensign waves proudly in the background -- any old salt persuades…

Photograph of Paul J. Madden (right) and another U.S. Navy serviceman standing in front of an American flag, USS Essex (CV-9), August 1945.Inscription on verso: "1945 / CV-9."

Photograph of people, grass huts, and boats in Tacloban, Philippines, June 1945.Inscription on verso: "Tacloban / Leyte / June, 1945."

Aerial photograph of Japanese aircraft at an airfield, Atsugi, Japan, circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "Atsugi -- 1945."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen, two dressed in bikinis, on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.