F4F-4 Wildcat of VF-41 "Red Rippers" taking off from USS Ranger (CV-4)stationed 48 Km northwest of Casablanca, to attack targets ashore during the invasion of Morocco (Operation Torch), North Africa. 8 November 1942.(rudeerude)

Wildcat of VF-41

LCVPs from USS Sanborn underway off Iwo Jima, in mid or late Feb 1945.

underway off Iwo Jima

The USS Santa Fe lies alongside the heavily listing USS Franklin to provide assistance after the aircraft carrier had been hit and set afire by a single Japanese dive bomber, during the Okinawa invasion off the coast of Honshu, Japan.March 19, 1945