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80-G-44600 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)

USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
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Title: USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
Caption: Crewmen stencil seventeen Japanese flags on the pilot room door, 23 Nov. 1943, in celebration of VF-16's 17 to 0 victory that day over Japanese planes in the Marshalls and Gilberts area.
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Catalog #: 80-G-44600
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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