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| Sister-ships USS St. Louis (left) and USS Helena steaming north from Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides toward the Solomon Islands, 28 Jun 1943. Helena would be lost two weeks later. | Speer inspecting a captured Russian T-34 tank, 28 Jun 1943 | Two B-17 Fortresses of the 94th Bombardment Group approaching an airfield in England, United Kingdom, 28 Jun 1943 (aircraft serial numbers 42-30382 above and 42-30376 below). |
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