Composite photograph of a U.S. Navy pilot inset among images of aircraft and a ship, circa 1943-1945.Caption: "1,000,000th landing / Mad Mediterranean."
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft (fuselage designation 2-B-16), Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940. An emblem depicting a knight riding a Pegasus is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "N.A.S. Norfolk /…
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."