A Piper Cub takes off from one of the LSTs assigned to act as "carriers" in September 1944
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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423. Photograph. 'File Number: 242693 Sept. 11, 1944 LSTS as 'Junior Aircraft carriers' Adding another function to its long list, the versatile LST (Landing Ship Tank) played the role of 'junior carrier' in the invasion of Southern France on August 15, 1944, launching tiny Piper Cubs to act as spotters for naval gunfire from a specially-adapted runway. A Piper Cub takes off from one of the LSTs assigned to act as 'carriers.'' 11 September 1944
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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France
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46.000
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2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--American--France
Landing craft--American--France
Adaptive reuse
Sailors--American--France