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[Servicemen working on Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working on a Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.

[Robert Baird oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter ace Robert Baird discusses his military service with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a night fighter pilot and his time in Okinawa with Marine Night Fighter Squadron 533 (VMF(N)-533). Special focus on a combat mission on June 9, 1945 in which he scored his first aerial victory.