Thomas A. `Tom` Hall with Robert `Moose` Merritt`s Division on the USS Independence (CVL-22) on Sept 6 1943 while enroute back to Hawaii following the raid on the enemy at Marcus Island six days earlier. L -R :- Robert `Bob` Hobbs, Robert `Moose` Merritt, Bascomb `Pearley` Gates, Tom Hall and Wilton `Hoot` Hutt.` Note the date of the photo is marked in chalk on the prop of the Hellcat. One of the new Essex class carriers can be seen in the back ground -- either the new USS Essex (CV-9) or the USS Yorktown (CV-10).

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