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Iva Metz oral history interview (Item)

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Iva Metz and interviewer Geoff Nunn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, November 1, 2019.

Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound [clipping] (Item)

Newspaper clipping, "Essex claims title of Navy's fightingest ship--Aces abound," from The Honolulu Advertiser, December 3, 1944.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.

[Paul J. Madden operating cameras on target-towing ship] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Paul J. Madden operating cameras on a target-towing ship, Alaska, circa 1942. Inscription on verso: "Alaska -- 1942 / M19."Caption on album page: "P.J.M. and camera used for recording gunnery practice. Picture taken on sea-going tug somewhere in the Aleutian Islands area 1942, when a member of the Pacific Fleet Camera Party."Part of a disassembled album…

[USS Essex's anchor being lowered after arriving in Puget Sound] (Item)

Photograph of the USS Essex's anchor being lowered after arriving in the Puget Sound, Washington, September 13, 1945.Inscription on verso: "Sept. 13, 1945 / Essex's anchor droping [sic] in Puget Sound after 17 months at sea."Caption on album page: "Sept. 13, 1945 -- Essex drops anchor in Puget Sound after 17 months at sea."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…

[USS Essex in drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard] (Item)

Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex in drydock -- Bremerton Navy Yard / Fall 1945 / D22."Caption on album page: "Essex in drydock -- Bremerton Navy Yard -- Fall 1945."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War…

[USS Essex in drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard] (Item)

Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex in drydock / D21."Caption on album page: "Essex in drydock."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.

[Servicemen working with capsized target sled] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working with a capsized target sled, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, circa 1942-1943.Caption on envelope: "Aleutians -- aboard target towing destroyer / minesweep target sled capsized, 1942."Inscription on accompanying notecard: "Overturned target sled off Dutch harbor / 1943.

[Servicemen of Naval Air Station Pensacola's Photography School] (Item)

Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Navy servicemen of Naval Air Station Pensacola's Photography School, Florida, February 1942.Inscription on verso: "February 1942 / Pensacola Foto [sic] School."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.

[Paul J. Madden operating cameras on target-towing ship] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Paul J. Madden operating cameras on a target-towing ship, Alaska, circa 1942-1943.Inscription on verso: "P.J.M. operating cameras on target towing ship / 1943."

[Servicemen on deck of USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), September 1945. Balloons are tied to the ship. The verso inscription notes that the image was taken during the Essex's return trip to the Puget Sound.Inscription on verso: "Essex 'going home pennent' [sic] / Sept 1945 / Puget Sound."