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Description Scene on the port bridge wing of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), during operations off Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. Among those present are (from left to right, in the right center) Commander D.F. Smith (hatless); Captain Forrest P. Sherman, Commanding Officer (wearing helmet); Rear Admiral Leigh Noyes, Commander Task Group 61.1 (facing camera); and Lieutenant Commander Wallace M. Beakley, Commander Wasp Air Group, who is making his report to RAdm. Noyes. Note Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout bombers (one with a rather small national star painted on its fuselage) on the flight deck and .30 caliber machine gun mounted on the bridge bulwark.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16864 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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