May 20, 1945: USS Essex CV-9 underway off Okinawa, Japan.

July 1945: TBM Avengers and SB-2C Helldivers from the USS Essex CV-9 seen bombing Hakadate, Japan.

August 25, 1951: A F2H-2 Banshee piloted by Lt. Dauphin seen being brought up to the flight deck of the
USS Essex CV-9 during the Korean War.

September 29, 1951: Trucks from the 306th Mobile Blood Bank seen being loaded aboard the USS Essex CV-9
at Yokosuka, Japan. The men of the Essex set a record for blood donation by contributing 1,061 pints of blood.

August 1952: Task Force 77 including the USS Essex CV-9, USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 and the
USS Princeton CV-37 seen during the Korean War, one of Bon Homme Richards F9F Panthers is seen above
the formation.