File:High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) on a US Navy aircraft carrier c1945.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy 12.7 cm (5 inch) High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) on an aircraft carrier's bomb elevator, being prepared for loading on an airplane, circa 1945. Note the tattoos on the sailor in the center. The ship may be USS Yorktown (CV-10).
Date circa 1945
date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-4821 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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