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80-G-14866 USS Hornet (CV-8)

Photo #: 80-G-14866 USS Hornet (CV-8)
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Title: USS Hornet (CV-8)
Description: Underway in the Southern Pacific, 15 May 1942, a week after the Battle of Coral Sea and the day before she was recalled to Pearl Harbor to prepare for the Battle of Midway. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-14866
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