[Servicemen from USS Essex relaxing on Mogmog Island]

Photograph of servicemen from the USS Essex (CV-9) relaxing on Mogmog Island, Ulithi, circa 1944-1945. The men are identified in the verso caption.

Typed caption on verso: "Mog Mog, USN Recreation Island in the Ulithi Atoll of the Western Caroline Islands in the South Pacific. / Date: Late 1944 or early 1945. Crew members of the U.S.S. Essex CV-9. / From Row: Joe Kice, Los Angeles, CA; Van Wormer, Lentz, and Blanset / Back Row: C.P. (Clint) Comerford, Corvina, CA 91724."