The Stars and Stripes wave over a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at sea. On this flight deck is a Grumman "Avenger" TBM, torpedo plane; astern, turning to port behind the carrier is an escort destroyer.
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- 1942-11
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 2,417 × 3,000 pixels
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"The Stars and Stripes wave over a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at sea. On this flight deck is a Grumman "Avenger" TBM, torpedo plane; astern, turning to port behind the carrier is an escort destroyer." (1942-11). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Stars_and_Stripes_wave_over_a_U.S._Navy_aircraft_carrier_at_sea._On_this_flight_deck_is_a_Grumman_%22Avenger%22_TBM..._-_NARA_-_520695.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 5392.
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