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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-7414 Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942 USS Lexington hit and burning, during the later part of the Japanese air attack on 8 May. Note anti-aircraft bursts in the vicinity, and a plane off the ship's bow. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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18 April 2000