File:USMC-00914.jpg
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English: U.S. Marine Corps Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs of Marine Fighting Squadron 323 (VMF-323) "Death Rattlers" of the 2nd Marine Air Wing return from a rocket strike against Japanese positions south of the front lines on Okinawa, in June 1945. The "Rattlers" were commanded by Major George C. Axtell, of Laguna, California (USA). |
| Date | Taken on 10 June 1945 |
| Source | USMC photo Vought_F4U-1_VMF-323_1945 and U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7158.002 |
| Author | USMC |
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This file is a work of a United States Marine or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain.
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| current | 14:36, 17 August 2013 | | 2,923 × 2,334 (2.65 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | frame cropped |
| 03:38, 6 December 2012 |  | 3,016 × 2,446 (5.68 MB) | Slick-o-bot (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Vought F4U-1s of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 fly a mission in the Pacific in 1945. Prior to World War II, amphibious operations were reliant upon battleships for naval gunfire support. Though the battleship cont... |
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