File:F4U-4s of VMF-323 on USS Sicily (CVE-118) 1951.jpg

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Description U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-4 Corsairs of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323 armed with bombs, napalm tanks and HVAR rockets are launched for a mission from the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118) off Korea, in 1951. Note the rattlesnakes painted on some aircraft, due to the squadron's nickname "Death Rattlers".
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7159.034
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