USS Essex CV-9 1940s-1960s
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This narrated 73-minute DVD documents the history of Essex from the time it was commissioned through her role in the space program in the late 1960s. Includes the carrier's WWII and Korean War battle history, night carrier operations, crash landings on Essex, the carrier's participation with the 7th Fleet in the mid-1950s. Includes her role in Apollo 7, as well as day to day activities aboard the ship.