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The US Navy commemorated the Battle of Lake Erie by naming a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser for it. USS Lake Erie is a test ship for the US Theater-Wide Ballistic Missile Defense Program. Its accomplishments include shooting down the malfunctioning United States reconnaissance satellite USA-193 from orbit on February 21, 2008. (USNHHC)

Photo and caption featured in Ospsrey Duel 79 USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit The War of 1812 on the Great Lakes by Mark Lardas

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Major Gregory Boyington, USMCR commanding Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-214, waves while taxiing his F4U Corsair at Torokina. Boyington led the first fighter sweep against Rabaul on December 17, 1943. He was shot down and captured on January 3, 1944. (USNHHC)

Photo and caption featured in Osprey Air Campaign 2 Rabaul 1943-44 Reducing Japan’s great island fortress by Mark Lardas

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The morning of November 5, 1943 found USS Saratoga and Princeton off Bougainville preparing to attack Rabaul. Preparations are made on Saratoga’s flight deck to launch for the strike. (USNHHC)

Photo and caption featured in Osprey Air Campaign • 2 Rabaul 1943-44 Reducing Japan’s great island fortress by Mark Lardas

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Commander Joseph C. Clifton, USN, who commanded VF-12, Saratoga’s fighter squadron, passes out cigars in the wardroom afterwards, celebrating the successful November 5 air attack on Rabaul. (USNHHC)

Photo and caption featured in Osprey Air Campaign • 2 Rabaul 1943-44 Reducing Japan’s great island fortress by Mark Lardas