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| Franklin Roosevelt under USS Cummings’ Number 1 5'/38 caliber gun mount addressing a crowd of shipyard workers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 12 Aug 1944. | Church services for men of the US 3rd Division on the forecastle of LST-4, en route to the Southern France landings, 13 Aug 1944 | LST-286 underway in the Mediterranean Sea during Operation Dragoon, Aug 1944 | Soldiers and sailors singing hymns during religious services on board LST-4 en route to Southern France, 13 Aug 1944 |
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| USS Kete underway in Lake Michigan, United States, 15 Aug 1944 | Omaha during southern France landings, Aug 1944; cruiser Philadelphia and SOC Seagull aircraft in foreground, French destroyer and light cruiser in background, and Augusta in background | Salmon at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 16 Aug 1944 | WAVES personnel at the bow of Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, during her shakedown period, 19 Aug 1944 |
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| WAVES Yeoman Second Class Blanche Oswald and Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin aboard USS Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, 19 Aug 1944. Note USS Alaska and escort carrier USS Croatan. | WAVES Yeoman Second Class Blanche Oswald and Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin in a 5in twin gun turret aboard Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, 19 Aug 1944 | WAVES Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin exiting the rear door of a 5in twin gun turret aboard Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, during her shakedown period, 19 Aug 1944 | Air Attack on German submarine U-1229 by Lt(jg) Bernard Sissler flying from USS Bogue, 20 Aug 1944. The submarine was sunk with 18 killed and 41 surviving. Note the raised “Schnorkel” device. |
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| Battleship Missouri, large cruiser Alaska, escort carrier Croatan, and destroyers at Norfolk Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 20 Aug 1944 | USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 4. | USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 4. | USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 3 of 4. |
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| USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 4 of 4. | USS Spearfish mid-overhaul off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, 21 Aug 1944. Note that her deck gun has been repositioned back to the aft position. | Boston Bull Terrier “Spar,” mascot of USCG Cutter Spencer, wearing her dress blues before going ashore, 22 Aug 1944, Norfolk, Virginia, United States. | The island of the Lexington (Essex-class) with Capt Ernest Litch speaking with Cdr JM Lane on the upper level and VAdm Marc Mitscher speaking with VAdm John McCain on the Flag Bridge, 22 Aug 1944. |
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