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80-G-66132 USS Hornet (CV-8)

Photo #: 80-G-66132 USS Hornet (CV-8)
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Title: USS Hornet (CV-8)
Description: Enters Pearl Harbor, 26 May 1942. She left two days later to take part in the Battle of Midway. Photographed from Ford Island Naval Air Station, with two aircraft towing tractors parked in the center foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-66132
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