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80-G-469318 USS HORNET (CV-12)

USS HORNET (CV-12)
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Title: USS HORNET (CV-12)
Caption: Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11) pilots are briefed in their ready room, probably during HORNET's cruise through the South China Sea in mid-January 1945. Pilot on right side of aisle, third from front, is Lieutenant Charles R. Stimpson. Note mascot dog, wearing VF-11's "sundowners" emblem, held by pilot in left foreground. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
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Catalog #: 80-G-469318
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photograph by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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