United States WWII
May 05, 1945 - Carrier Lives Through Ordeal of Fire: Photo shows The Cruiser Santa FE, foreground, pulls away from the burring Eases-Class carrier, U.S.S.Franklin, as the badly listing carrier, victim of a Jap dive-bombing attack, seems almost about to capsize, Driven back by flames and exploding bombs and rockets, members of the gallant ship's crew cluster forward on the flight-deck, awaiting assignments to fire-fighting details. The enemy plane had driven two five-hundred pound bombs through the carrier's flight deck while she Japanese Havel units off the Jap coast. Though Suffering tremendous danuges with more than a thousand casualties, the Formalin limped back thousands of miles to Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs
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13159353
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46130477
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4842px x 3632px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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