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Photo #: NH 97272 USS Essex (CVA-9) "Sunset -- All is Calm -- It's the end of another day aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex operating in North Korean waters. An airman lashes a Banshee (F2H) jet fighter to the flight deck as the falling sun draws evening shadows from the slumbering plane." Photograph and caption were released by Commander, Naval Forces, Far East under date of 8 March 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 88KB; 600 x 765 pixels |
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