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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-16053 (Color)

USS Lexington (CV-16)

Fighting Squadron Sixteen (VF-16) Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Paul D. Buie, (center) briefs his pilots for an upcoming mission, during the Gilberts operation, November-December 1943.
A F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter is behind them.
Photographed by Commander Edward Steichen, USNR.
Note flight gear, markings on helmets and life vests. Pilot at left wears a .45 caliber pistol.

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

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22 February 2001