Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The caption is backwards on the album page.Caption on album page: "Avenger (TBM) leaving."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. The pilot is still in the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "D-13 / (Cropped?)."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…
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…
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy mechanics with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "The mechanics / E17."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…
Photograph of Paul J. Madden standing next to the damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1, 1944. Madden's head is bandaged from an injury sustained in the accident.Inscription on verso: "Paul J. Madden &…
Photograph of personnel being transferred from the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) to the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Caption on album page: "Transfering personal [sic] from Wisconsin to Essex."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to…
Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman U. C. Bray seated in the turret gun of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "35 / AG-83 / TBM Turret Gunner U. C. Bray / E15."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…
Photograph of submarine chaser SC-775, circa 1944-1945.
Caption on album page: "Submarine chaser."
Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.
Photograph of an unidentified ship, circa 1944-1945.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.
Photograph of the USS Chester (CA-27), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "USS Chester."Caption on album page: "Heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) / 1944."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the…