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80-G-202509 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)

USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
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Title: USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
Caption: VF-16 pilots hold up fingers to show the number of Japanese planes each shot down during a successful engagement in the Marshalls and Gilberts area, 23 November 1943. Men are (left-right): Lieutenant Junior Grade D.D. Whitmore; Lieutenant Junior Grade Sven Rolfsen Jr.; Lieutenant Junior Grade A.R. Fitzalkowski; Ensign E.J. Rucinski; Lieutenant Junior Grade F.M. Fleming; Lieutenant Junior Grade E.R. Hanks; Ensign WM J. Seyfferle; Ensign J.W. Bartol; Lieutenant Junior Grade R.G. Johnson; Lieutenant Junior Grade R.G. Johnson; Lieutenant Junior Grade A.L. Frendberg; Lieutenant Commander Paul J. Buie (Commanding Officer).
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Catalog #: 80-G-202509
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Tue, Nov 23, 1943
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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