Skylighters, The Web Site of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion: Photo of the Week -- 18 March 2002

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The World War II Photo of the Week
for 18 March 2002

USS ESSEX (32 K)

50's A Crowd ...

The crowded flight deck of the USS Essex (CV-9) in a rare color shot during her sea trials in March 1943. This same flight deck would be the point of impact for a kamikaze attack on November 25, 1944. From the Webmaster's collection.

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