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Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman on a ship, circa 1943.Inscription on verso: "Fleet camera party / 1943."

Photograph of the sign for Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s.

Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of USS Essex's bell (CV-9) on display at Anthony's Cummaquid Inn, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s. Engraved on bell: "USS Essex / 1942."

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft being waved off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945.Caption: "Corsair 'wave-off' -- Essex, 1945."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen pulling a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from the edge of the flight deck, USS Essex (CV-9), January 1945.Caption: "Errant F4U of AG-4 being pulled from edge of flight deck. Helmuts [sic] and flash gear on men…

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (tail number 128) of Air Group 4, U.S. Navy, in flight off the Vietnamese coast, January 12, 1945. Inscription: "Avenger of AG-4 off coast of French Indo-China (Vietnam) / Jan. 12, 1945 / Polyfibre…

Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) under attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft, May 14, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Randolph (CV-15).Caption: "Essex fights off Jap kamikazes, Okinawa campaign, May 14, 1945. (Picture taken from U.S.S.…

Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Astoria (CL-90), 1945. Caption: "Jap kamakazi [sic] crashes close to U.S.S. Astoria / Battle for Okinawa."