Browse Items (121 total)

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 five Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft and six General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight over Honshu, Japan, July 15, 1945. Caption: "Five SB2C's and six TBM's of Air Group 83 over northern Honshu. July 15, 1945."Part of a…

Photograph of a U.S. Navy destroyer, battleship, and aircraft carrier, Southwest Pacific Ocean, circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Destroyer, battleship, and carrier / S.W. Pacific. / A12."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Aerial photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Caption on album page: "U.S.S. Essex (CV-9) / 1945."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

Photograph of servicemen and aircraft on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Caption on album page: "Essex -- 1944 / B07."

Aerial photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- CV-9 / 1945 / B08."Caption on album page: "Essex from SB2-C / 1945."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the…

Photograph of the deck of the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), circa 1944. Inscription on verso: "CV-14 / Ticonderoga / 1944 / G03."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II,…

Photograph of Captain Carlos W. Wieber, U.S. Navy, on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Caption on verso: "Capt. C.W. Wieber, USN."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during…

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 129) on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. The aircraft's designation ("Jersey Bounce") is painted near the nose.Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…

Photograph of U.S. Navy pilot David McCampbell in his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Thirty aerial victories are painted under the cockpit. Image includes a clipping of McCampbell obituary.Inscription on verso:…