Flight deck of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hancock, PTO
Gift in Memory of William G. Harrach
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Photograph. Flight deck of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hancock, F4U Corsairs and Grumman F6F Hellcats with wings folded up. A line from the island with balloons trails behind. Two more aircraft carriers in the distance. Pacific Islands. [1945]
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1945
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Items from the service of William Galen Harrach, who was born in Holyoke, Colorado on May 6, 1927. He enlisted in the US Navy on August 26, 1944 and served aboard the USS Hancock as a Photographer's Mate in the Pacific Theatre. Collection includes over 175 photographs.
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Aircraft carriers--American