Keywords: Rear-seat gunners of VB-16 on USS Lexington (CV-16) in November 1943.jpg U S Navy rear-seat gunners of Bombing Squadron 16 VB-16 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft wait at the edge of the flight deck for the order to man their planes aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 during the Gilberts Operation November 1943 Official U S Navy photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-15000/80-G-K-15292 html 80-G-K-15292 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1943-11 Commander Edward Steichen USNR PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States naval aviators Aboard USS Lexington CV-16 Gilbert Islands Campaign World War II color photographs of the Pacific War in 1943 Edward Steichen |