Photograph of aircraft on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The aircraft in the foreground are Grumman F6F Hellcats.
Inscription on verso: "Essex full deck."
Photograph of a battle near Okinawa, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Servicemen manning guns, aircraft, and flak explosions are visible in the scene.Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / Looking aft from port side, forward / Task group under attack /…
Photograph of a beach scene in the Enewetak Atoll, July 1944. Ships are visible in the distance.Inscription on verso: "Enewetok [sic]. "Caption on album page: "Eniwetok [sic] Atoll, Marshall Islands, July 1944."Part of a disassembled album containing…
Photograph of a beach scene in the Enewetak Atoll, July 1944. Ships are visible in the distance.Caption on envelope: "Beach + fleet at Enewetak [sic], July 1944."
Aerial photograph of a bomb dropped by a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft over Manila, Philippines, circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "2000 lb bomb as it leaves bomb bay of Essex torpedo plane an [sic] heads (we hope) for Jap target /…
Photograph of Captain Carlos W. Wieber (second from left) and other servicemen drinking beverages, Mogmog Island, Ulithi, circa 1943-1945.
Caption on album page: "Capt. Wieber and friends."
Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to…