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| Portrait of US Navy aviator Miles Browning, 1924 | US Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey with his Aircraft Battle Force staff in late 1941 or with Task Force 16 staff in early 1942, aboard USS Enterprise | United States Navy Captain Miles Browning, Captain William Harrill, Captain F.B. McCrary, and Vice Admiral William Halsey at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, 6 Sep 1942. Note SNJ Texan aircraft. | US Navy Admiral William Halsey being sworn in as Commander, South Pacific Force, by his Chief of Staff Captain Miles Browning, 27 Nov 1942 |
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