The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea, 1945

Today’s post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty.

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Strafing and bombing missions over Japanese-held islands? Aerial dogfights? Classified destinations in the Pacific? All in a day’s work for the Fighting Lady. This vintage film captures life aboard the Yorktown aircraft carrier during World War II.

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