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The Crucible: USS Franklin - 19 March 1945

March 19th, 2008 9 Comments

Fifth ship of the Essex-class CVs.  Fifth ship named for Benjamin Franklin…

 The date - 19 March 1945.  Area of operations - fifty miles off the coast of Japan.  Flight ops have been underway since before dawn, beginning with a strike against Honshu and another aganinst shipping in Kobe harbor.  On the flight deck, aircraft of [...]

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