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NH 97602 USS Tarawa (CVS-40)

Photo #: NH 97602 USS Tarawa (CVS-40)
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Title: USS Tarawa (CVS-40)
Description: Men of the Sixth Marines ride up on the carrier's deck-edge elevator prior to boarding helicopters of Marine Air Group 26 to take part in a practice landing as part of the 1958 Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Exercises. Photo bears the rubber-stamped date 24 March 1958. See Photo # NH 97602 (extended caption) for the text of the original caption for this photograph. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97602
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