This official U.S. Navy caption card, dated April 16, 1945, identifies a photograph taken aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), documenting flight deck operations during the Okinawa campaign period. Marked 'Confidential' and restricted from publication, cards such as this accompanied every official wartime photograph to preserve an accurate record of date, unit, and circumstance, even when the specific subject was not separately noted. Project: 218487