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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-19100

Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942


USS Lexington (CV-2) under Japanese dive bomber attack, shortly before Noon on 8 May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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21 April 2000