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Tango01	09 Jan 2021 9:22 p.m. PST
… the Coral Sea: And the Stories of Survivors "The aircraft carrier United States Ship (USS) Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex," was the fourth United States (US) Navy ship to be named after the American Revolutionary War 1775 Battle of Lexington. The ship was commissioned in 1928 and would serve until its sinking in the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4 – 8, 1942). On December 7, 1941, fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), in a surprise attack, bombed Pearl Harbor and other US military installations on Oahu, then the US Territory of Hawaii. There were three US aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet at that time. The USS Lexington and the USS Enterprise were at sea ferrying aircraft to Midway Island and Wake Island, respectively. The third aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, was preparing to leave San Diego, California, following an overhaul at the Bremerton, Washington, Puget Sound Naval Yard…" More here link Amicalement Armand
Editor in Chief Bill	10 Jan 2021 8:24 a.m. PST
Courtesy of World War 2 History Short Stories website

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