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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-236955

Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944


An F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter lands aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) during the "Marianas Turkey Shoot" phase of the battle, 19 June 1944.
Note manned 40mm guns in the foreground, and 20mm guns along the starboard side of the flight deck.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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22 February 2001