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NH 97321 USS Bairoko (CVE-115)

Photo #: NH 97321 USS Bairoko (CVE-115)
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Title: USS Bairoko (CVE-115)
Description: Escort Carrier, the USS BAIROKO, (CVE-115), part of the Air Support Group under the command of Rear Admiral M.R. Greer, USN, steams past snow covered mountains of Kodiak while recovering Marine support aircraft during 'Operation MICOWEX'. Quoted from the original picture caption. This view was taken by a USS Boxer (CV-21) photographer on 10 February 1949. A U.S. Marine Corps F4U aircraft is flying over the carrier and other F4Us are parked on her flight deck, forward. Kodiak Island is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97321
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