U.S. Navy Commander David McCampbell poses in his F6F "Hellcat" on board the USS Essex (CV-9) in the Pacific Theater of World War II in October 1944.
Fighter Pilot David McCampbell
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Courtesy of the U.S. Navy; photograph by Joe Rosenthal
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