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Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen with a large cake, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.

Photograph of a line-crossing ceremony on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. One serviceman is dressed as King Neptune and others are dressed as pirates.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman with a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.

Photograph of Paul J. Madden in a snow-covered tree, Kodiak, Alaska, November 1942.Inscription on verso: "Nov. 42 / Kodiak."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman operating cameras on a target-towing ship, circa 1942-1943. Inscription on verso: "1943."

Photograph of Paul J. Madden (left) and another U.S. Navy serviceman on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Madden is wearing a bandage on his head.

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen on the USS Essex (CV-9), Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, October 1945. The men are identified in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Bremmerton [sic] Navy Yard / USS…

Photograph of mountains near a shoreline, circa 1940s.

Photograph of three U.S. Navy servicemen serving food in the mess, USS Essex (CV-9). Two of the men are wearing handmade signs: "I was drafted" and "20 years of duty."

Photograph of Paul J. Madden (left) and other U.S. Navy servicemen on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.