25 Jul 1938
  • Chitose was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Chitose | CPC]
  • Chiyoda was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Chiyoda | CPC]
  • Several officers and men of USS Enterprise participated in a parade in Ponce, Puerto Rico, during which several Puerto Rican nationalists disrupted parade with gunfire. ww2dbase [Enterprise | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 25 Jul 1938
Protest against the Japanese invasion of China, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 25 Jul 1938

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