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Korean Combat Action Reports for Essex (CV/CVA 9) and CVG-5 and ATG-2 (Note: All action reports have been declassified)

• USS Essex (CV 9) 18 Aug-21 Sep 1951 (2.4 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CV 9) 1-31 Oct 1951 (2.6 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CV 9) 1 Nov-14 Dec 1951 (2.0 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CV 9) 13 Dec 1951-3 Feb 1952 (2.9 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CV 9) 4 Feb-7 Mar 1952 (4.4 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CV 9) 18 Jul-4 Sep 1952 (2.0 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CVA 9) 5 Sep-1 Nov 1952 (1.3 mb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CVA 9) 1-24 Nov 1952 (388 kb file, download as .pdf file)
• USS Essex (CVA 9) 25 Nov 1952-13 Jan 1953 (433 kb file, download as .pdf file)

Photo captions: Essex (CV 9) operating in the Sea of Japan with Task Force 77, 6 September 1951, 80-G-433978. Essex (CV 9), with planes on deck, operating with UN forces in Korea, 25 August 1951, USN-432873.

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15 November 1999