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| A big wave broke on USS Neosho as she refueled carrier Yorktown, 1 May 1942 | A F2A-3 Buffalo aircraft being refueled at Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, US Territory of Hawaii, 1 May 1942 | A Panzer IV stopped to look for Russian movement, Kharkov, May 1942 | Scene on USS Neosho's deck as she refueled the carrier Yorktown, 1 May 1942 |
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| Soviet KV-1 tanks on parade at the Palace Square in Leningrad, Russia, 1 May 1942 | Tiger I heavy tank of the German 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' in the suburbs of Kharkov, Ukraine, date unknown | USS Neosho refueled carrier Yorktown, 1 May 1942 |
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