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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-227134 USS Intrepid (CV-11) Crewmen prepare to load a 2000-pound general-purpose bomb in the bomb bay of a TBM "Avenger" aircraft, 27 January 1944. The carrier was then en route to support the invasion of Roi and Namur Islands, Kwajalein Atoll. Note inscriptions on the bomb, from Torpedoman 3rd Class R.A. Franco, addressed to "Hon. Hirohito, Imperial Palace, Tokyo". Also note flame reducer on the plane's exhaust port, and landing gear details. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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12 December 2000