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80-G-44598 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)

USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
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Title: USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
Caption: Pilots of VF-16 celebrate after shooting down 17 Japanese aircraft in the Marshalls & Gilberts area on 23 November 1943. They are (l-r): Ensign WM. J. Seyfferle, Lieutenant Junior Grade A. R. Fizalkowski, Lieutenant Junior Grade A. L. Frendberg, Lieutenant Commander Paul D. Buie (Commanding Officer), Ensign John W. Bartol, Lieutenant Junior Grade Dean D. Whitmore, Lieutenant Junior Francis M. Fleming, Lieutenant Junior Grade WM. C. B. Birkholm, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sven Rolfsen, Jr. plus two others not named in group to right of Lieutenant Commander Buie. Planes are F6F-3s. Photographed by Commander Edward Steichen, USNR.
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Catalog #: 80-G-44598
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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