Photo #: 80-G-66260 Lieutenant John A. Leppla (right) shakes hands with Radioman 3rd Class J.A. Liska In front of a SBD scout-bomber aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, on 6 July 1942. During the Battle of the Coral Sea they were pilot and gunner of a SBD-3 from Scouting Squadron Two (VS-2), based on USS Lexington (CV-2), and were credited with shooting down five Japanese planes during one air action. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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26 May 2000