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| Air Chief Marshal Charles Burnett and Air Vice Marshal William Bostock, Australia, 12 May 1942 | Air Vice Marshal George Jones, Air Vice-Marshal W. D. Bostock, and Air Chief Marshal Charles Burnett, Australia, 12 May 1942 | Battleship Massachusetts entering Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States, 12 May 1942 | F4F-3 Wildcats of Fighting Squadron 6 get ready for launch from USS Enterprise, May 12 1942 while on their way toward the Battle of the Coral Sea (which was over before Enterprise could get there). |
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| Hurricane fighters of British No. 237 (Rhodesian) Squadron RAF in the Middle East, 12 May 1942 | Men of US 1st Provisional Marine Battalion arriving at Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 12 May 1942 | Rhodesian troops of 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps training with 2-inch mortar in North Africa, 12 May 1942, photo 1 of 2 | Rhodesian troops of 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps training with 2-inch mortar in North Africa, 12 May 1942, photo 2 of 2 |
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