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April 2011 CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE
(Source: US Department of Defense) |
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Soldiers in bunks on the U.S. Army transport SS Pennant
on November 1st, 1942. |
A
Sailor reads in his bunk aboard the USS Capelin at
submarine base New London, Connecticut in August 1943. |
US Navy pilots play basketball in the
forward elevator well of the USS Monterey in summer
1944. The jumper at left
is future president Gerald Ford. |
President Truman and Sailors aboard the USS Augusta watch
a boxing smoker in August 1945. |
Pilots aboard the USS Lexington celebrate shooting down
17 of 20 Japanese planes headed for Tarawa in November
1943. |
Coast Guardsmen on the U.S. Coast Guard
Cutter Spencer watch as a depth charge
blasts a Nazi U-boat (the U-175) on April 17, 1943. |
Crewmen aboard the USS Yorktown dash to stations as general
quarters sound in May 1943. |
40mm guns fire aboard the USS
Hornet on February 16, 1945. |
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