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Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Tony Mantia eating food, Mogmog Island, Ulithi, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on negative envelope: "Mog Mog / Tony Mantia / Photographer -- U.S.S. Essex."

Photograph of a serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1944.Inscription on negative envelope: "Essex -- Dec. 1944 / Securing F.6.F in typhoon."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 51) in flight, 1944.Inscription on negative envelope: "F4U posing for picture / 7/9 1944."

Photograph of a damaged aircraft on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of the USS South Dakota (BB-57), circa 1944-1945.Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph / Not to be used for publication by order of the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics."

Photograph of a Vought F4U-1D Corsair aircraft (fuselage desgination 182) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (tail code F) taking off from the USS Essex, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy photographer on board the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of submarine chaser SC-775, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of the USS Borie (DD-704), circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "U.S.S. Borie / DD-704 / 1945."