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80-G-469297 USS HORNET (CV-12)

USS HORNET (CV-12)
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Title: USS HORNET (CV-12)
Caption: Pilots study the target area prior to strikes on Hong Kong, in one of the carrier's ready rooms. HORNET's planes raided Hong Kong on 16 January 1945. Note Chinese-American insignia on flight suits, and bone-handled revolver carried by man in center. Also note identification sheets for Japanese shipping, at left. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
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Catalog #: 80-G-469297
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photograph by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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