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80-G-289812: USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), November 4, 1944

80-G-289812: USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), November 4, 1944. Damage to aircraft carrier escort showing damage to port catwalk where Japanese fighter plane crashed. Note temporary safety rail. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 80-G-289812: USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), November 4, 1944. Damage to aircraft carrier escort showing damage to port catwalk where Japanese fighter plane crashed. Note temporary safety rail. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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  • People-Places-Things--Japanese
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  • Photograph
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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