[Servicemen working with bombs]

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working with bombs, USS (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Other servicemen are standing in a chow line along the perimeter.

Inscription on verso: "Essex / Hangar deck / Bombs are being prepared for storage below / Men lined up are in the chow line. / D05."

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.