Cdr. E.J. Steichen on framework below flight deck taking combat photos with K-20 camera. USS Lexington (CV-16).
- Date
- c. 1943
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 2,844 × 3,000 pixels
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