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[Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near USS Essex]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Essex (CV-9), March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Kamakazi [sic] crashing off Essex port bow -- 150 miles E. of Kyushu -- Mar. 19,…

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near USS Essex]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Essex (CV-9), March 19, 1945.Inscription on verso: "3-19-45 / Kamakazi [sic] crashing off port side of Essex / 19 March 1945 / Kyushu / A09."Caption on album page: "3/19/45 -- 150 miles…

[USS Bunker Hill under attack by Japanese aircraft]
Photograph of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) under attack by Japanese aircraft, March 19, 1945. A splash of water near the ship indicates a crashed kamikaze aircraft. Inscription on verso: "3-19-45 / Bunker Hill under attack / J03." Caption on album…

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft dropping a bomb]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft dropping bomb, March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9). Inscription on verso: "19 March 1945 / 150 miles E. of Kyushu / Dot at tail of suicide is bomb just being released / Both bomb…

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft diving on USS Cabot]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft (circled in image) diving on the USS Cabot (CVL-28), April 6, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Caption on album page: "Near miss on Cabot (CVL-28) / April 6, 1945 / 60 miles east of…

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing into ocean]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing into the ocean, April 7, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Inscription on verso: "April 7, 1945 / Jap Kamakazi [sic] crashing next to Essex."

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft being shot down]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft being shot down during its approach on the USS Essex (CV-9), April 7, 1945. Inscription on verso: "April 7, 1945 / 80 miles E. of Okinawa / Jap suicide plane disintegrating on its approach to Essex."Caption…

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft diving on USS Bataan]
Photograph of Japanese kamikaze aircraft diving on the USS Bataan (CVL-29), April 17, 1945. Inscription on verso: "4-17-45 / CVL -- Bataan."Caption on album page: "100 miles E. of Okinawa / Kamikazi [sic] diving on USS Bataan (CVL-29) / April 17,…

[Task Group 58.3 under attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft]
Photograph of Task Group 58.3 under attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft, May 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Inscription on verso: "Task group 58.3 under attack by Jap suicides / A05 / 100 miles east of Kyushu."Caption on album…

[Kamikaze aircraft diving on USS Cabot]
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft diving on the USS Cabot (CVL-28), May 14, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Inscription on negative envelope: "'Japanese suicide heading for C-VL ahead of Essex bow 40 min guns firing, May…
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