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| HMS Colossus at Greenock, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1945 | Hangar bay of HMS Colossus while on repatriation duty, Jinsen Prisoner of War Camp, Inchon, Korea, Sep 1945 | HMS Colossus off Wusong, Shanghai, China, circa Sep 1945 | SB2C-5 Helldiver and F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft on the flight deck of Arromanches, off French Indochina in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa 1951; note HO3S helicopter in flight |
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| Roland Toutain entertaining French sailors aboard Arromanches, Ha Long Bay, French Indochina, 1952 | F6F-5 Hellcat fighter of Escadrille 1F landing on French carrier Arromanches, off French Indochina in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa 1953 | Arromanches at anchor in Tourane (now Da Nang) Bay, French Indochina, 1953-1954 | Arromanches underway off French Indochina in the Gulf of Tonkin, Jan 1954; note F6F-5 Hellcat and SB2C-5 Helldiver aircraft on the flight deck |
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