Photograph of U.S. Marine Corps servicemen posing with 40mm antiaircraft guns and a sign reading "Tokyo or bust," USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945.
inscription on verso: "Essex Marines on 40 mm mount."
Photograph of a Japanese aircraft dropping a torpedo near the USS Essex (CV-9), October 1944. The USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible on the left. The verso inscription notes that the image was taken through the porthole of the Essex's photography…