Surrounded by Grumman Hellcat fighters, ordnance men work on bombs while officers watch movie, deck of the USS Yorktown.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"File No: (TR-7163). Work and Pleasure - Surrounded by Grumman Hellcat fighters, ordnance men work on bombs on the hangar deck of the USS Yorktown. Officers and men in background are watching a movie. (This is Print No. 54 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit 'Power in the Pacific' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) - Official U.S. Navy Photograph".' Pacific Ocean. Circa 1943

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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
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-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Airplanes--American
Bombs--American
Ships--American
Motion pictures
Maintenance & repair
Military officers--American--Pacific Ocean
Soldiers--American--Pacific