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Historical Documents of America: McGraw, Joseph D.American Fighter Ace Autograph
McGraw, Joseph D.American Fighter Ace Autograph
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https://flic.kr/p/Zf34SC | San Diego Air and Space Museum - CVE-73 Gambier Bay Flight Deck and Island
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USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) bracketed by Japanese gunfire during the Battle of Leyte Gulf (US National Archives photo from Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45, by Max Hastings).
Battle off Samar - Wikipedia
The escort carrier Gambier Bay, burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese cruiser (faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.
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August 1, 1944USS Gambier BayDarrell Bennett by his FM-2 Wildcat “Smokey’s Lucky Witch”Source: World War 2 Database
For Sale: Old Shipmates Ceramic Coffee Mug Cup White USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 VC-10 Assn | Webstore
SOLD - Old Shipmates Ceramic Coffee Mug Cup White USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 VC-10 Assn - This mug commemorates a ship and its crew caught in an unimaginable situation against impossible odds. It looks to be a mug produced for a survivors' reunion. In checking its history while writing this description I could not find another mug like it. The exterior and interior are in excellent shape with no chips or cracks on the cup. 3 3/4" Tall 3 1/4" Mouth Diameter 4 3/4" Wide at Handle
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0-G-218367: Planes taking off during first catapulting operations on board USS Gambier Bay (CVE 73) in Marshall Islands Campaign. In this F6F-3, Lieutenant Miner, pilot, clears the flight deck, and was the fifth plane to be launched. Note the F4U’s with folded wings in the foreground. February 21, 1944.