Woleai burns after the Lexington's visit. Airstrips are pockmarked with hits. One last bomb explodes in the foreground.

A Japnese freighter caught off Palau, crippled and burning.

April 26, 1944 Combat Air Patrol shot down 5 Bettys. Some survivors were picked up and brought aboard the Lex for interviews

Japanese survivor severely wounded is tended by a corpsman

April 29, 1944 first day of attack on Truck, two "Judy's" burst out of a rain squall 6000 yds off port bow, and make low, fast runs on the ship. The Lexington was the first to id them and open fire this one received a hail of flak and plunged to his death off the port quarter

This one made his run, droped his bombs, which fell just astern of the ship, and got away in the heavy clouds.

One of four stills of 16mm movie record of this run

Two of four stills of 16mm movie record of this run

Three of four stills of 16mm movie record of this run

Four of four stills of 16mm movie record of this run

Unidentified shots. A stricken Jap falls as gunners at their battle stations look on. Note the plane and destroyer in the background.

Same unidentified plane explodes. Air warfare moves fast!

A "Jill" makes a torpedo run through a storm of 5-inch and automatic fire.

The run is successful,

but he fails to drop his torpedo, and passes harmlessly close aboard.

This sequence, which was used in "The Fighting Lady", may not have originated on the Lex.

A tanker sunk by Lex planes northwest of Saipan, June 11, 1944. many survivors were picked up

June 19, 1944 Guam burns. This is how the Japanese pilots found their landing fields on the day of the "Turkey Shoot".

June 15, 1944 Two Japs burn, while a jail of flak seeks out others. One on the extreme left just passed, burning the length of the flight deck, scorching the faces of those topside. Our gunners got 5 out of 8 "Frances". Moments before Lex missed two torpedoes by steering between them

"Hunter-Killer" search mission against a Marianas sunset. June 1944. Note the bombs clearly silhouetted beneath belly. This SBD is equipped not only to spot a lurking sub, but to sink it, or drive it under, when found.