Coral Sea Lexington survivors

Autor/Urheber:

USN

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Beschreibung:

Survivors of USS Lexington (CV-2) are pulled aboard a cruiser - probably USS Minneapolis (CA-36) - after the carrier was abandoned on the afternoon of 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Note the man in the lower part of the photo who is using the cruiser's armor belt as a hand hold.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-7392, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives [1].

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