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…
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…
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) after being hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, circa November 25, 1944. A serviceman is working to extinguish the flames. The USS Langley (CVL-27) is visible in the background.Caption on album page: "Essex --…
Composite photograph depicting the USS Essex (CV-9) being hit by a kamikaze aircraft, November 25, 1944. The verso inscription notes that the images were taken from the USS Ticonderoga.Inscription: "Nov. 25, 1944 / Essex hit by kamakazi [sic] /…
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) under attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft, May 14, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Randolph (CV-15).Caption: "Essex fights off Jap kamikazes, Okinawa campaign, May 14, 1945. (Picture taken from U.S.S.…
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) under attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft, May 14, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Randolph (CV-15). Copy negative of print.Caption on envelope: "Essex under attack May 14, 1945, taken from USS Randolph."
Report about kamikaze attacks during World War II, originally written as a term paper and featured in the June 1957 issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's "Proceedings". Nine typed pages.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul…