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Fifth ship of the Essex -class CVs. Fifth ship named for Benjamin Franklin… The date - 19 March 1945. Area of operations - fifty miles off the coast of Japan. Flight ops have been underway since before dawn, beginning with a strike against Honshu and another against shipping in Kobe harbor. On the flight deck, aircraft of CVG-5 are being turned around, serviced and armed for another launch and strike; in the ready rooms, the crews are briefing… It never takes much — it happens |