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USMC 136542 USS Cape Gloucester

Photo #: USMC 136542 USS Cape Gloucester
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Title: USS Cape Gloucester
Description: USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) Plane Director uses arm signals to position a TBM Avenger bomber on the ship's starboard catapult, during operations off Kyushu, Japan, 8 September 1945. Flight deck crewmen are attaching a catapult bridle to the plane. Note rockets (probably 3.5-inch) mounted under the TBM's wing, and resting on the cart in the left center background. U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.
Catalog #: USMC 136542
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