View of the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS <i>Valley Forge</i> (CV-45) in Korean waters, in July 1950. Two other carriers of Task Force 77 can be seen in the background. On deck are planes of Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5): Grumman F9F-3 <i>Panther</i>s of Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" (tail code S-1XX, foreground), VF-52 "Knight Riders" (S-2XX, background), and Vought F4U-4B <i>Corsair</i>s of VF-53 "Blue Knights" (S-3XX, left foreground). The <i>Happy Valley</i> was deployed to the Western Pacific and Korea from 1 May to 1 December 1950 and had launched air strikes on 3-4 July and 18-19 July.
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