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[Servicemen manning 5-inch artillery guns on USS Essex]
Photograph of servicemen manning 5-inch artillery guns on the USS Essex (CV-9), Japan, February 1945. The caption notes that this image was taken during the first carrier strike against Tokyo. Caption: "Feb. 12, 1945 -- Day of first carrier strikes on Tokyo."
[USS Gridley alongside USS Essex]
Photograph of the USS Gridley (DD-380) alongside the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Caption: "U.S.S. Gridley (DD-380) / Craven-class destroyer built in 1935 by Bethleham [Bethlehem] Shipbuilding, Quincy, MA. Picture taken in Pacific in 1944."
Essex repelling attack - Okinawa, 1945
Photograph (reproduction of photomechanical print) of U.S. Navy servicemen manning battle stations on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "Essex repelling attack -- Okinawa, 1945."
[Paul J. Madden in photo lab of USS Essex]
Photograph of Paul J. Madden in the photo lab of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Essex -- Photo lab / 1944."
[Serviceman with Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]
Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman with a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.
[Line-crossing ceremony on USS Essex]
Photograph of a line-crossing ceremony on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. One serviceman is dressed as King Neptune and others are dressed as pirates.
[Servicemen serving food in mess, USS Essex]
Photograph of three U.S. Navy servicemen serving food in the mess, USS Essex (CV-9). Two of the men are wearing handmade signs: "I was drafted" and "20 years of duty."
[Paul J. Madden and serviceman on USS Essex]
Photograph of Paul J. Madden (left) and another U.S. Navy serviceman on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Madden is wearing a bandage on his head.
[Paul J. Madden and other servicemen]
Photograph of Paul J. Madden (left) and other U.S. Navy servicemen on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.
[Paul J. Madden on USS Essex]
Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Paul J. Madden on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. Inscription on verso: "PJM / 1944."