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Photograph of an elevator well on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Aircraft are parked above and below deck.Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / #3 elevator well / D02."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen transferring cargo from another ship to the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "Transferring cargo to Essex hangar deck. / Both ships underway. / 1945."Part of a disassembled album containing…

Photograph of a kamikaze aircraft narrowly missing the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "1945 / Kamakazi [sic] misses Essex / Enterprise in background."Part of a disassembled…

Photograph of three Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage numbers 313, 306, and 214) of Air Group 83 in flight, circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "SB2C's Air Group 83 / U.S.S. Essex / 1945."Caption on album page: "Curtis SB2C's of Air Group…

Photograph of a jeep towing a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Flight deck -- Essex -- Jeep towing dive bomber / C17."Caption on album page: "Jeep towing SB2C / 1945."Part of a disassembled album…

Photograph of a collision between a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 180) and a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (fuselage number 183), USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / AG-83 F4U crash landing / Plane…

Photograph of the USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "1945 / DD-703 / USS Lind / H01."Caption on album page: "USS Wallace Lind (DD-703)."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service…

Photograph of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), circa 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Inscription on verso: "1945 / H02."Caption on album page: "USS Wisconsin (DD-64) as seen from Essex."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of Admiral Frederick C. Sherman (second from left) and others on Mogmog Island, Ulithi, circa 1945.Caption on album page: "Adm. Sherman and friends."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with…

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 228, tail code F) in flight, circa 1945. The caption verso notes that this image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9) after the aircraft was waved off.Inscription on verso: "Essex --…