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Citation from the Secretary of the Navy authorizing the Navy Unit Commendation for the USS Tabberer and her entire compliment of men for their heroic and persistent rescue work following Typhoon Cobra.	Crewmen beginning to fold the wings of a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of Air Group 87 immediately after landing aboard USS Ticonderoga, Apr-May 1945 in the central Pacific.

F6F Hellcat fighter coming up on the Number 3 flight deck elevator on USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945. Note TBM-3 Avengers and SB2C Helldivers also on deck.	F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of Fighting Squadron VF-17 on the deck of USS Hornet (Essex-class) off Japan, 1945.

F6F-5 Hellcat fighters lining up for take-off from USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945	FM-2 Wildcat fighter after a barrier crash aboard USS Sable, Great Lakes, United States, May 1945

Mitscher and Commodore Arleigh A. Burke aboard USS Randolph off Okinawa, May 1945	Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin with his staff in the ACI room of his flagship, USS Makin Island, during the Okinawa campaign, May 1945

SB2C Helldivers flying over USS Essex during the Okinawa campaign, May 1945; USS Bunker Hill, USS Langley, and other vessels in background	The training aircraft carrier USS Sable trained many Landing Signal Officers (LSOs) as well as pilots, Lt Whitaker seen here with the flags. Lake Michigan, United States, May 1945.

Torpedoman Second class Richard Malecki sitting astride a Mark XIII aerial torpedo aboard PT-184, May 1945. Note Mark 6 Depth Charge in the foreground and a twin Browning .50 caliber machine gun mount in the background.	Two US Navy FR-1 Fireball fighters during carrier qualifications aboard aircraft carrier USS Ranger, May 1945

United States Marine Corps detachment aboard carrier USS Ticonderoga posing in front of a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat Nightfighter of Air Group 87, Apr-May 1945 in the central Pacific.	US Navy VF-82 F6F-5 Hellcat fighter ready for launch from USS Bennington, off Okinawa, May 1945; note the fighter's captain in foreground

USS New Mexico firing, circa May 1945	USS North Carolina firing on a target on Okinawa, Japan, 1945

USS S-35 at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, May 1945	Vice Admiral Mitscher and Commodore Burke aboard carrier Randolph off Okinawa, Japan, 1945, photo 1 of 2

Vice Admiral Mitscher and Commodore Burke aboard carrier Randolph off Okinawa, Japan, 1945, photo 2 of 2	Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground.