[Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near USS Essex]

Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Essex (CV-9), March 19, 1945.

Inscription on verso: "3-19-45 / Kamakazi [sic] crashing off port side of Essex / 19 March 1945 / Kyushu / A09."

Caption on album page: "3/19/45 -- 150 miles E. of Kyushu / Kamikaze crashes off Essex port side."

Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.