A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber takes off for a mission over Luzon, Philippines in 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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Sailors on the destroyer USS Ault (DD-698) watch a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat from Fighting Squadron 87 (VF-87) land on the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in July 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)