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August 1942

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Ordnancemen Load VS-6 Bomber
Ordnancemen aboard Enterprise CV-6 load a 500 lb. bomb on a Dauntless SBD, 7 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: nhc-img-80g10458
Source: Navy Historical Center
Ordnancemen aboard Enterprise CV-6 load a 500 lb. bomb on a Dauntless SBD, 7 August 1942.
Scouting Five Bomber Takes Off
A Scouting Five SBD piloted by LT Turner Caldwell takes off from Enterprise CV-6, 7 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200013
Source: US Navy Archives
A Scouting Five SBD piloted by LT Turner Caldwell takes off from Enterprise CV-6, 7 August 1942.
A Cake for Machinist Donald E. Runyon
VF-6 Machinist Donald Runyon gets a cake for shooting down four Japanese bombers, 7 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200014
Source: US Navy Archives
VF-6 Machinist Donald Runyon gets a cake for shooting down four Japanese bombers, 7 August 1942.
Kaskaskia Refueling Enterprise CV-6
Oiler Kaskaskia AO-27's deck is awash as she refuels Enterprise CV-6 in heavy seas, 10 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: barn-img-n214
Source: James C. Barnhill
Oiler Kaskaskia AO-27's deck is awash as she refuels Enterprise CV-6 in heavy seas, 10 August 1942.
Three Classes of US Carriers
Wasp CV-7 (foreground), Saratoga CV-3 and Enterprise CV-6 in the South Pacific, August 1942.
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Noumea ID: barr-img-270
Source: William T. Barr
Wasp CV-7 (foreground), Saratoga CV-3 and Enterprise CV-6 in the South Pacific, August 1942.
'A Terrible Day': 24 August 1942
Enterprise CV-6 on fire and maneuvering violently, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
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Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000069
Source: Arnold W. Olson
Enterprise CV-6 on fire and maneuvering violently, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
Crashing Enemy Plane
An enemy dive-bomber screams over the bridge of USS Enterprise CV-6, 24 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: nmna-img-z--2000004
Source: National Museum of Naval Aviation
An enemy dive-bomber screams over the bridge of USS Enterprise CV-6, 24 August 1942.
A Near Miss
A geyser of water towers over Enterprise, resulting from a very near miss, 24 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: barr-img-440
Source: Martha Livdahl Grigg
A geyser of water towers over Enterprise, resulting from a very near miss, 24 August 1942.
Burning Japanese Planes
Wreckage of two Japanese bombers burning just a few feet from the Enterprise CV-6.
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Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200017
Source: US Navy Archives
Wreckage of two Japanese bombers burning just a few feet from the Enterprise CV-6.
Direct Hit
Blast of the third bomb to hit Enterprise CV-6 in two minutes, 24 August 1942.
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Noumea ID: nara-img-80g17489
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Blast of the third bomb to hit Enterprise CV-6 in two minutes, 24 August 1942.

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