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Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 18 Nov 1944; note lowered forward elevator and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft on the flight deck | Crew of USS Makin Island attempted to pull an upended FM-2 Wildcat from the flight deck's edge, circa 1944-1945 |
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FM-2 Wildcat landing on USS Makin Island, circa 1944-1945 | Crew members of USS Makin Island at their battle stations with inflatable belts and flash proof clothing, late 1944-mid 1945 |
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FM-2 Wildcat prepared to launch off USS Makin Island, 1945 | Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin on the bridge of his flagship, USS Makin Island, late-1944 to mid-1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck |
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Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin's Flag staff in Wardroom of USS Makin Island, 1945 | TBM-3 Avenger making low and slow pass over other Avenger aircraft on the flight deck of USS Makin Island, 1945 |
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USS Makin Island crewmen and the ship's scoreboard on the wing of the bridge, 1945; handwritten note identifies three of the crewmen as DuPeraul, Hougon and Donaldson; WW2DB visitor identifies the last man as Richard Crosby | USS Makin Island's flight deck and island, late 1944-mid 1945; note arresting wires, barrier wires, 4 FM-2 Wildcat aircraft, and 1 TBM Avenger aircraft |
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40mm Bofors gunnery drills aboard USS Makin Island, 21 Mar 1945, prior to the Okinawa Campaign | USS Makin Island at anchor at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 31 Mar 1945 |
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Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck | Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin with his staff in the ACI room of his flagship, USS Makin Island, during the Okinawa campaign, May 1945 |
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USS Makin Island entering floating drydock ABSD-6 for repairs and paint at Guam, Mariana Islands, 8 Jun 1945 | Captain Ira E. Hobbs, USS Makin Island's Commanding Officer, honored aviators of Composite Squadron 41 on the occasion of their 1,000th landing on board, mid-1945 |
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USS Makin Island (foreground), a Cleveland-class light cruiser (center), and a Haven-class hospital ship (furthest from camera) in Wakanoura Bay, Wakayama, Japan during the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, mid-Sep 1945 | TBM-3 Avenger aircraft launching from USS Makin Island en route Wakayama, Japan to cover the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, Sep 1945 |
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FM-2 Wildcat catapulted off of USS Makin Island, off Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 1945; it was the last launch before the escort carrier was converted to a troop transport | |