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Caption | Lexington pilots celebrated a successful attack on the Marshall Islands, Nov 1943 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Date | Nov 1943 | ||||||||
Photographer | Edward Steichen | ||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-470985 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Photo Size | 1,872 x 1,440 pixels |
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"George Patton, 31 May 1944
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L - R: Ens. William J. Seyfferle, Ltjg. Alfred L. Frendberg, Lcdr. Paul D. Buie, Ens. John W. Bartol, Ltjg. Dean D. Whitmore, Ltjg. Francis M. Fleming, Ltjg. Eugene R. Hanks, Ens. E.J. Rucinski, Ltjg. R.G. Johnson, Ltjg. Sven Rolfsen. Original photo caption by Cdr Edward Steichen, USNR November 1943: "Pilots pleased over their victory during the Marshall Islands attack, grin across the tail of an F6F Hellcat on board the USS Lexington, after shooting down 17 out of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa."