[Servicemen manning 5-inch artillery guns on USS Essex]

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Title

[Servicemen manning 5-inch artillery guns on USS Essex]

Description

Photograph of servicemen manning 5-inch artillery guns on the USS Essex (CV-9), Japan, February 1945. The caption notes that this image was taken during the first carrier strike against Tokyo.

Inscription on verso: "Essex / 2-16-45 / Day of first carrier strike against Tokyo."

Date

1945-02

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 8 x 10 in

Language

English

Bibliographic Citation

The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_075