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Photograph of a kamikaze aircraft on a collision course with the USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944.Inscription on verso: "12:56 pm Nov. 25, 1944 / 100 miles E. of Luzon. / Jap Kamakazi [sic] one second before he hit Essex / Photographer -- C. S.…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen extinguishing fires from a kamikaze strike, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Inscription on verso: "Nov. 25, 1944 / Flight deck scene after kamakazi [sic] hit." Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen playing Chinese checkers, Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Squantum / 1930's."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen at Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. One of the men is reading "Commence Shooting," a manual on war photography.Inscription on verso: "Squantum / 1930's."

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)."

Photograph of servicemen and buildings at the Aviation Machinist School, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940.Inscription on verso: "NAS Norfolk / 1940 / Aviation Machinist School recess."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft (fuselage designation 2-B-16), Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940. An emblem depicting a knight riding a Pegasus is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "N.A.S. Norfolk /…

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940.

Photograph of barracks at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940.Inscription on verso: "N.A.S. Norfolk / 1940."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen relaxing in their barracks, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, September 16, 1940.Inscription on verso: "Newport RI / Sept. 16, 1940."