A Vought OS2U Kingfisher is recovered by the U.S. Navy battleship USS Texas off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

Kingfisher Recovery

February 2, 2016

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A Vought OS2U Kingfisher is recovered by the U.S. Navy battleship USS Texas off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

A Vought OS2U Kingfisher is recovered by the U.S. Navy battleship USS Texas off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.) — (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

F4U-1 Corsair fighter of VMF-214 parked at Turtle Bay airfield on Espiritu Santo island during WWII. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

Corsair at Turtle Bay

Sailors watch aircraft from the Carrier Air Group 12 (CVG-12) landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3).

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