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Essex underway at sea during the Okinawa Campaign, 20 May 1945; note the F4U and F6F aircraft on the flight deck

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Caption     Essex underway at sea during the Okinawa Campaign, 20 May 1945; note the F4U and F6F aircraft on the flight deck ww2dbase
Date 20 May 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-373816
 
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Photos on Same Day 20 May 1945
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 1,854 x 1,481 pixels



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