Ens. V.A. Prather, in charge of flight deck crews, energetically directs crewmen aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), as they move a damaged plane forward.
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- 1943-12-06
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 2,700 × 2,700 pixels
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