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| A Chinese girl from one of the Japanese Army's 'comfort battalions' talking to a British Army officer in Rangoon, Burma, 8 Aug 1945 | Hospital ship Tranquillity arrived at Guam with survivors of Indianapolis, 8 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3; destroyer escort Steele in foreground | Hospital ship Tranquillity arrived at Guam with survivors of Indianapolis, 8 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 3 | Hospital ship Tranquillity arrived at Guam with survivors of Indianapolis, 8 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 3 |
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| Raymond Spruance, Bruce Fraser, and Chester Nimitz at Nimitz's headquarters on Guam, Aug 1945 | Survivors of USS Indianapolis brought to Guam, Mariana Islands via hospital ship Tranquility, 8 Aug 1945 |
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