From the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2018 Calendar. Artwork by Gil Cohen.
Shows planes on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet getting ready to take off.
It is 0700 hours on the fourth day of June, 1942. The place is the deck of the carrier Hornet (CV-8), made famous less than two months prior when B-25s led by Jimmy Doolittle were launched from her deck in the first surprise bombing raid on japan.
The atmosphere is tense, as the Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron Eight are poised for takeoff.
--GreGen
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