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Photograph (reproduction of photomechanical print) of U.S. Navy servicemen manning battle stations on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "Essex repelling attack -- Okinawa, 1945."

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 118) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Hellcat (F6-F) taking off -- U.S.S. Essex, 1945."

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 94) taxiing to join other recently-landed Corsairs, USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "F4U fighter folding wings and taxiing forward to join other planes that have just landed. U.S.S.…

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (tail number 309, designation "Georgia Peach") of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, in flight, circa 1945. Caption: "'Georgia Peach', torpedo bomber of Air Group 83 / W. Pacific, 1945."

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight above an aircraft carrier, 1945.Caption: "Corsair (F4U) and Essex-class carrier -- W. Pacific, spring 1945."

Photograph of the USS Lind (DD-703) alongside the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Members of the ship's band are sitting above the bridge.Caption: "U.S.S. Lind (DD-703) alongside Essex, 1945. Lind's band is above bridge in front of fire control director."

Photograph of the USS Washington (BB-56), 1945. Caption: "U.S.S. Washington (BB-56) -- 1945."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen engaging in target practice on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Several parked aircraft are in the scene.Caption: "Target practice, U.S.S. Essex, 1945."

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 110) of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Hellcat (F6F) of AG-83, 1945."

Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft hit by antiaircraft fire from the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Kamakazi [sic] hit by AA fire above Essex. Okinawa campaign, 1945."