File:Planes on snowy flight deck of USS Essex (CV-9) off Korea in January 1952.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy planes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) wait for snowy weather to break, permitting the resumption of strikes on enemy targets in Korea, 18 January 1952. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5), was deployed to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952. In the foreground are two Vought F4U-5N Corsair from Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3) Det.B "Blue Nemesis".
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-437710 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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