Lifeboat of US Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Lifeboat full of United States Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington (CV-2). Official caption on front: "Survivors leave the USS Lexington before sinking in the Coral Sea. US Navy Photo 104-1." Coral Sea. May 1942

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1942-05-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Coral Sea
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Aircraft carriers--American--Pacific Ocean
Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean
Evacuations--Pacific Ocean
Naval battles--Pacific Ocean
Naval warfare--Pacific Ocean