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[Servicemen and clouds of smoke on USS Essex]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen and clouds of smoke on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Copy negative from a print.Caption on envelope: "Essex, 1945."

[Paul J. Madden standing next to damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]
Photograph of Paul J. Madden standing next to the damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1, 1944. Madden's head is bandaged from an injury sustained in the accident. Caption on envelope: "Untitled."

[Paul J. Madden standing next to damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]
Photograph of Paul J. Madden standing next to the damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1, 1944. Madden's head is bandaged from an injury sustained in the accident. Caption on envelope: "Untitled."

[Servicemen inspecting hole in flight deck caused by kamikaze attack]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen inspecting a hole in the flight deck caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Copy negative from print. Caption on envelope: "Hole on edge of flight deck caused by Kamakazi [sic]…

[Servicemen inspecting hole in flight deck caused by kamikaze attack]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen inspecting a hole in the flight deck caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Copy negative from print. Caption on envelope: "Hole on edge of flight deck caused by Kamakazi [sic]…

[Hole in flight deck caused by kamikaze attack]
Photograph of a hole in the flight deck caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Copy negative from print. Caption on envelope: "Hole on edge of flight deck caused by Kamakazi [sic], Nov. 25, 1944 / (1 of 3)."

[Aerial view of USS Essex]
Oblique aerial photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9), May 20, 1945. Caption on envelope: "Essex Okinawa Campaign, May 20, 1945 / Nation. Archives 806373816."

[People hauling seaplane up ramp]
Photograph of people hauling an unidentified seaplane up a ramp, Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, 1940. Caption on envelope: "U.S. Navy Air Station, Kodiak, Alaska 1940 / US24 being hauled up seaplane ramp (about 2:30pm)."

[Servicemen battling fire caused by broken belly tank]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen battling a fire caused by a broken belly tank, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The caption notes that the tank broke loose from a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during landing.Caption on envelope: "Essex repair '8'…

[Clouds over Pacific Ocean]
Photograph of clouds over the Pacific Ocean, circa 1944-1945. Caption on envelope: "Clouds, Pacific area / (5 of 5)."
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