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| Jean de Vienne embarking troops at Oran, French Algeria, circa early 1940s | Joint Operations Room aboard USS Ancon while at Oran, French Algeria, 3 Jul 1943 | Navy Operations Room aboard USS Ancon while at Oran, French Algeria, 3 Jul 1943 | Status board in the Joint Operations Room aboard USS Ancon while at Oran, French Algeria, 3 Jul 1943 |
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| Troop transport USS Susan B. Anthony (converted luxury liner) in Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algeria preparing for the invasion of Sicily, 5 Jul 1943. Note LCVP landing craft hanging from her davits and stowed on her foredeck. | Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Navy Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard command ship USS Ancon during the Sicily operations, Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algeria, 18 Jul 1943. | K-class airship with Blimp Squadron ZP-14 on a stop-over in Oran, Algeria, 2 Dec 1944. |
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