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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97287

USS Boxer (CVA-21)


"Boxer Tribute -- While Pantherjets rest on the catapults in readiness, officers and men of the carrier USS Boxer (CVA-21) uncover to pay tribute to pilots and crewmembers of the ship who gave their lives during the Korean War."
Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces Far East under date of 9 August 1953.
Plane on the port catapult is a Grumman F9F of Fighter Squadron 151 (VF-151).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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5 June 2000