US aircraft carrier under attack from Japan (1943)

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A battle in the Pacific as the aircraft carrier, USS Hornet, wards off an attack from Japanese raiders

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SLATE INFORMATION: Pacific War Zone - U.S. Carrier Beats Off Japanese Bombers

PACIFIC OCEAN:
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AEROPLANES, Japan Attack aircraft-carrier U.S.S. Hornet.. direct bomb hit .. plane crashes in sea

AMERICA NAVAL. Japanese bomb U.S.S.Hornet (aircraft-carrier)..fighting fire..direct bomb hit..bumps on deck..Japanese crashes in sea.


U.S.S. HORNET. (Aircraft-carrier) Japanese bomb..fighting fires..direct bomb hit..plane bumps on deck..


United States of America; Navy - Active; Japan; Airforce - Active

Second World War, WWII, war, World War II, World War Two, Axis, Allies, Yorktown-Class, Battle of Midway, Doolittle Raid, air raids, fighter pilots, airplane, airplanes, ships, ship, weaponry, weapons, gunfire, bombing, Red Army
Background: A battle in the Pacific as the aircraft carrier, USS Hornet, wards off an attack from Japanese raiders

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