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File:Douglas SBD flies over USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) on 19 December 1942.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless flies over the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6), foreground, and USS Saratoga (CV-3) near Guadalcanal on 19 December 1942. The aircraft is likely on anti-submarine patrol. Saratoga is trailed by her plane guard destroyer. Another flight of three aircraft is visible near the Saratoga. The radar array on the Enterprise has been obscured by a wartime censor.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from cv6.org; U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.253.671
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(Reusing this file)		 Although from a commercial site that lists the source of this photo as William T. Barr, William Barr was a US Navy photographer (source: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.10509/transcript?ID=sr0001) performing official duties for the US government which makes this and any other photo he took during this time original works of the US Government. Original works of the US Government are public domain documents.

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15:27, 13 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:27, 13 July 2006600 × 478 (39 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs){{Information| |Description= An SBD over ''Enterprise'' (foreground) and ''Saratoga'' (background) near Guadalcanal on December 19, 1942. |Source= US Government (http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/barr-img-262&ref=December+1942) Although fro

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