[Servicemen loading .50-caliber ammunition]

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Title

[Servicemen loading .50-caliber ammunition]

Description

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen loading .50-caliber ammunition into an aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.

Inscription on verso: "Essex / Feeding the fighter's guns / C20 / 46."

Caption on album: "Belting 50 cal. ammo."

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.

Date

1943-1945 circa

Extent

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

Language

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_235