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[Servicemen on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Aircraft are visible in the background.

[Servicemen and Joe Rosenthal playing cards in photo lab, USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen and Joe Rosenthal (left, wearing glasses) playing cards in the photo lab, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Rosenthal was the Associated Press photographer who took "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima." The others are identified in the captions.Inscription on verso: "Essex / Card game -- photo lab / Center - P. Rundel, photo officer. / Clockwise starting in lower left…

[Servicemen manning 5-inch artillery guns on USS Essex] (Item)

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] (Item)

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 (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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.

[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 serving food in mess, USS Essex] (Item)

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."