U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-1 <i>Helldiver</i> bombers of Bombing Squadron 1 (VB-1) return to the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) after a raid in early July 1944.<br>
Note: The original caption for this photograph, released by Commander in Chief, Pacific, gives the date as 6 July 1944 and identifies the target as Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands, which was actually attacked on 4 June. Edward Steichen's "U.S. Navy War Photographs" identifies the target as Guam.
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Photographer's Mate First Class O.L. Smith, USNR.</div>
July 1944<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1944-07-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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