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On Sat. 18 Apr 1942 USS Lexington ferried US Marine Fighter Squadron 2.....

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USS Lexington ferried US Marine Fighter Squadron 211 and its F2A Buffalo aircraft to Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands.

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