File:USS Lexington (CV-16) pilots celebrate aerial victories 1943-11.JPG

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Description U.S. Navy pilots pleased over their victories during the Marshall Islands attack, grin across the tail of a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat on board the USS Lexington (CV-16), after shooting down 17 out of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa, in November 1943.
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Source U.S. DefenseImagery [1] photo VIRIN: HD-SN-99-02618 [2]
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Edward Steichen  (1879–1973)  wikidata:Q313899 s:en:Author:Edward Jean Steichen q:en:Edward Steichen
 
Edward Steichen
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Eduard Jean Steichen
Description American-Luxembourgish photographer, painter, war photographer, curator, fashion photographer and drawer
Date of birth/death 27 March 1879 Edit this at Wikidata 25 March 1973 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bivange Redding
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creator QS:P170,Q313899

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