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80-G-227134 USS Intrepid (CV-11)

Photo #: 80-G-227134 USS Intrepid (CV-11)
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Title: USS Intrepid (CV-11)
Description: Crewmen prepare to load a 2000-pound general-purpose bomb in the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aircraft, 27 January 1944. The carrier was then en route to support the invasion of Roi and Namur Islands, Kwajalein Atoll. Note inscriptions on the bomb, from Torpedoman 3rd Class R.A. Franco, addressed to Hon. Hirohito, Imperial Palace, Tokyo. Also note flame reducer on the plane's exhaust port, and landing gear details. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-227134
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