Get the carriers was the message to pilots like Lt. Ronald P. Gift, shown relaxing after returning from a strike on the Japanese carrier force, Battle of the Philippine sea, 19-20 June 1944. Photo taken by LT Victor Jorgensen,USNR.
Categories: World War II | Distinguished Photographers
 
 
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