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Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger, a Grumman F6F Hellcat, and a Vought F4U Corsair in flight over water, circa 1940s-1950s. The caption notes that the planes belong to Utility Squadron 7 (VU-7) of the United States Navy.Typed caption in…

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger, a Grumman F6F Hellcat, and a Vought F4U Corsair in flight over water, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption in margin: "TMB – F6F – F4U."

Photograph of two Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage numbers 69 and 64) in flight, circa 1940s-1950s. The planes bear United States Navy or United States Marine Corps markings.

Photograph of a hangar at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947. The inscription notes that the hangar was used by the 158th Liaison Squadron during bad weather.Inscription on verso: "Covered hangar used by 158th Liaison to work on L-5s during bad…

Photograph of Master Sergeant James Thompson and Staff Sergeant Cecil A. Kauitzsch at Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan, April 1947. A concrete dinosaur statue is visible behind them.Inscription on verso: "M/Sgt. James Thompson and S/Sgt. Cecil A.…

Photograph of Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947. The inscription identifies various buildings, including an outhouse, a theater, and sleeping quarters. Inscription on verso: "View looking east towards Komaki Airdrome headquarters. (Flag pole and…

Photograph of the 158th Liaison Squadron operations building at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "158th Liaison operations bldg taken from atop of concrete hangar, looking east, after heavy rain. March 1947."

Photograph of buildings at Komaki Air Base, Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Exceptionally beautiful cloud profile taken looking south, with sun behind clouds overhead. Komaki Airdrome. March 1947."

Photograph of members of the 158th Liaison Squadron, United States Army Air Forces, at Komaki Air Base, Japan, January 30, 1947. Lloyd R. Lyckman is on the right.Typed caption on verso: "The 'crew' of the 158th Liaison Sqdn at 'A' Flight of the…

Photograph of Lloyd Lyckman playing a piano in the drawing room of the Fuji Grand Hotel, Japan, April 1947.Inscription on verso: "Your Butch at the piano in the drawing room of the Fuji Grand Hotel at Mt. Fuji. The drape over the piano is all hand…