Captain of USS Ranger
holds up photo of Von Bulow.
Torpedo Squadron Four aboard the
USS Ranger, September, 1943.
OPERATION LEADER strike
area.
German ships in Bodø Harbor
under attack.
Commander D. "Woot"
Taylor thanks VT-4 pilots and crew.
Memorial Ceremony, Fagervika,
Norway.
Presentation to John
Palmer.
Douglas
"Devastator."
Grumman
"Avenger."
A typical practice torpedo
attack.
Aerial view of carrier.
Between flights aboard the
carrier.
Torpedo Squadron Four
Insignia.
Pilots, crewmen, and support staff
for Torpedo Squadron Four.
Coordinated practice attack by
Avengers.
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser thanks
Ranger's pilots and crew.
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser.
Commodore Gordon Rowe presents
medal to Lt Lee L. "Ham" Hamrick.
"Hutch" and
"Woot" - two great skippers.
Change in command.
An echelon of Grumman
Avengers.
Pilots Lost in Midair
Collision.
Lt Paul J. Davis.
Lt Lee L. "Ham"
Hamrick.
Lt Page P. Stephens.
Lt Burton R. "Trex"
Trexler.
Signal Officer "Sweating
In" a Pilot.
Team Required to Put a TBM
Aloft.
Raising the Tail Hook.
The Takeoff.
Landing Training on
"Field" Carrier Decks.
Pilot's View.
Strike on Shipping in Ormoc
Bay.
Strike on Shipping in Leyte
Area.
Strike on Shipping in Manila
Harbor.
Strike on Shipping in
Philippines.
Kamikaze Hits USS Bunker
Hill
"Yellow Peril" (N3N and
N2S).
Stearman N2S.
Curtiss SNC-1.
SNJ-3 (AT-6).
Vultee SNV.
SBC-4.
Vought-Sikorsky OS2U
("Kingfisher").
Japanese Minisubs Torpedo
Mississinewa.
Planes Crowd Deck of USS
Essex.
Pilots and Crew Aboard USS
Essex.
Close-up of Kamikaze Attacking
USS Essex.
Kamikaze Crashes on USS
Essex.
Strike on San Fernando Harbor,
Luzon.
TBM Recovery Procedure.
USS Essex Gets Great
Publicity.
Walter Thomas on "Dime"
at Lidy Hot Springs.
Walter Thomas with
"Robin," "Dime," and "Buster."
Medicine Lodge Creek, Small,
Idaho.
Home on Leave.
Haying with Buckrake.
Fighting Four Signatures.
The "Red
Rippers."
Flying Conditions Average.
Painting by Doug Cahoon.
F4U Corsair Takes a
Wave-Off.
F4U Corsair from Air Group
4.
Signatures of VMF-124 and
VMF-213.
Bomb-Drop on Eiko Airfield,
Formosa.
Typical Hanger Deck Scene.
Torpedo Four Strike Areas.
Strike on Lapog Bay,
Luzon.
VT-4 Heads for French
Indo-China.
Painting by Doug Cahoon - VF-4
Pilot Missing Action.
SB2C
"Helldivers."
Strike on Saigon Harbor,
Indo-China.
Torpedo Four News.
Stike on Saigon River,
Indo-China.
Strike on Saigon River, Second
View.
Heading for Saigon,
Indo-China.
Strike on Saigon.
Robert Sherrod Dons
Parachute.
Robert Sherrod Gets Bail-Out
Instructions.
Cdr Otto Klinsmann
Decorated.
Hellcats Over China Coast -
Painting by Doug Cahoon.
Mog Mog Island - Painting by Doug
Cahoon.
Lt Edward S. Binder.
Ens William F. Walker.
Tail of TBM Just Before Plane
Sank.
Don H. Gress, Gerald W. Thomas, and John E. Holloman.
Lt (jg) Thomas Transferred to
USS Essex.
VT-4 Over French
Indo-China.
Homeward Bound - South China
Sea.
Avengers Returning from
Targets.
VT-4 Avenger Over Formosa
Mountains.
VT-4 Crewmen and Support
Personnel.
Headlines Announce Tokyo
Strike.
Tokyo or Bust!
Avenger En Route to Japanese
Mainland.
Planes Fly Past Mt
Fujiyama.
Propaganda Leaflet - "Help
Other People."
Propaganda Leaflet - "Japan
Is Entirely Alone."
Pilot's View of Carrier.
Headlines - Japanese
Surrender.
Headlines - Japanese Sign
Surrender.
Admiral Nimitz Signs Surrender
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