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| Destroyer HMAS Nestor listing to port after being abandoned, morning of 16 Jun 1942 | Major General Percy Hobart, commanding officer of UK 11th Armored Division, 16 Jun 1942 |
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| Rear Admiral David Bagley, Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier; Admiral Chester Nimitz; Army Major General Delos Emmons, Military Governor of Hawaii; and Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch aboard USS Saratoga, 16 Jun 1942. |
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