File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) is hit by a bomb during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 21 August 1942 (80-G-17469).jpg

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Description	The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) is hit on her starboard quarter by Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 21 August 1942. This was the second bomb hit that day.
Date	24 August 1942
Source	Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-17469 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Author	U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Portland (CA-33).

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