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

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Description U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-4 Corsairs of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323 are lined up on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118) in waters off Sasebo, Japan. 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. 1996.253.7159.014
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