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80-G-12561 USS Yorktown (CV-5)

Photo #: 80-G-12561 USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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Title: USS Yorktown (CV-5)
Description: Chief Electrician's Mate Walter G. Fox, the Swami of Granby Street, hypnotizes three sailors into believing they are swimming, during a Yorktown Jamboree performance held in the hangar deck, 10 April 1942. The ship was then on an extended deployment in the Coral Sea area, and the Jamboree was staged for the crew's entertainment. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-12561
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