US Navy sailors watching a movie in a hangar deck, Pacific Ocean
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Navy sailors tending to bombs and Grumman F6F Hellcats while another group of sailors watch a movie in the background. Official caption on front: "Movies, planes, bombs and men on the hanger deck. US Navy Photo 131-16." Pacific Ocean. No date
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1945
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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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Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean
Hellcat (Fighter planes)--Pacific Ocean
Bombs--American--Pacific Ocean
Aircraft carriers--American
Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean
Military life
Military life