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80-G-87531 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)

USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
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Title: USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
Caption: War correspondent Fred Thompson and Ensign H. Dana, USNR, of VT-16, examine an aerial photograph of Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, in a ready room, 17 September 1943. The carrier's planes raided Tarawa on the following day. Note: both men's names are questionable. Orig. caption spelled Thompson as "Hompson." There is no H. Dana in the 1943 and 1944 USNR registers.
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Catalog #: 80-G-87531
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Fri, Sep 17, 1943
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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