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80-G-44601 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)

USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
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Title: USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
Caption: Lieutenant Eugene R. Hanks, a VF-16 pilot tells the ship's crew over the loud speaker hoe he shot down five Japanese "zero" fighters in less than five minutes, 23 November 1943. The action took place in the Marshalls & Gilberts area. Hanks was the first F6F "Hellcat" "Ace in a day".
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Catalog #: 80-G-44601
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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