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Photograph of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft slipping off the edge of the USS Essex (CV-9) during bad weather, circa January 1945. Inscription on verso: "F4U slipping over edge of flight deck / Weather is bad & gunnery dept. is in condition one. / Jan.…

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 228, tail code F) in flight, circa 1945. The caption verso notes that this image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9) after the aircraft was waved off.Inscription on verso: "Essex --…

Photographic group portrait of members of the V-3-P Division on the USS Essex (CV-9), August 1944. The men have signed their names in the margins. Paul J. Madden is in the back row, fourth from right. Caption: "V-3-P Division / U.S.S. Essex / August…

Photograph of the USS Gridley (DD-380) alongside the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Caption on album page: "USS Gridley (DD-380) on Essex port beam."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S.…

Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "CV9 / 1945 / Brovira Special / 319 PE #2 / I03."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa…

Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) under attack by kamikaze aircraft, March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Essex fighting off Jap Kamakazis [sic], 3-19-45 -- 150 miles E. of Kyush[sic]. Taken from…

Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) surrounded by smoke from its antiaircraft guns, March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Essex partially obscured by smoke from its AA guns, 3-19-45, 150 miles from E.…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen preparing aircraft for launch, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. A tanker ship is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Essex catapulting fighters and being refueld [sic] by tanker at same time /…

Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Navy servicemen of Naval Air Station Pensacola's Photography School, Florida, February 1942.Inscription on verso: "February 1942 / Pensacola Foto [sic] School."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen folding the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 118, tail code F), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-83 F6F / Folding wings of taxiing fighter."Part of a…