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NH 95579 Lexington

Photo #: NH 95579 Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
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Description: USS Lexington (CV-2) under air attack on 8 May 1942, as photographed from a Japanese plane. Heavy black smoke from her stack and white smoke from her bow indicate that the view was taken just after those areas were hit by bombs. Destroyer in the lower left appears to be USS Phelps (DD-360). The original print was from the illustration files for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 95579
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