File:Landing Signal Officer aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), gives an incoming pilot the signal to lift one wing, circa November-December 1943 (80-G-K-15601).jpg

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Photographer
Edward Steichen  (1879–1973)  wikidata:Q313899 s:en:Author:Edward Jean Steichen q:en:Edward Steichen
 
Edward Steichen
Alternative names
Eduard Jean Steichen
Description American-Luxembourgish photographer, painter, war photographer, curator, fashion photographer and drawer
Date of birth/death 27 March 1879 Edit this at Wikidata 25 March 1973 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bivange Redding
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creator QS:P170,Q313899
Description
English: Lieutenant junior grade John Clark, Landing Signal Officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), gives an incoming pilot the signal to lift one wing, while directing landings on board, during the Marshalls and Gilberts Operation, circa November-December 1943.
Date late 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719766
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-K-15601
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15601

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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID 80-G-K-15601.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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