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Photograph of a collision between a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 180) and a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (fuselage number 183), USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / AG-83 F4U crash landing / Plane…

Photograph of the starboard side of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1944 / Starboard side."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II,…

Photograph of the USS Cotten (DD-669), circa 1944. Inscription on verso: "USS Cotton [sic] / One of 20 destroyers in each Task Group / C21." Caption on album page: "USS Cotten (DD-669)." Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to…

Photograph of the USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "1945 / DD-703 / USS Lind / H01."Caption on album page: "USS Wallace Lind (DD-703)."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service…

Photograph of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), circa 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Inscription on verso: "1945 / H02."Caption on album page: "USS Wisconsin (DD-64) as seen from Essex."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of a lookout watching the skies, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / Ships lookouts were sometimes better than the radar."Caption on album page: "Essex lookout."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of servicemen on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. The inscription notes that they are waiting for aircraft to return.Inscription on verso: "Essex / Waiting for planes to return."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of the USS Washington (BB-56), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "USS Washington / BB-56 / 1944."Caption on album page: "U.S.S. Washington, BB-56."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with…

Photograph of U.S. Navy photographers on the USS Essex (CV-9) aircraft carrier, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "Photographers confering [sic]."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S.…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen reading books on the flight deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "Readers on flight deck."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the…