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Water flows into Pearl Harbor Drydock No. 1 for the first time on 21 Aug 1919, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The dock was flooded with the push of a button from Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the Secretary of The Navy.	Admiral Hugh Rodmand and Captain Arthur Lee Willard at the bridge of USS New Mexico, Sep 1919

Portrait of Kim Gu, Sep 1919	Battleship Lemnos at Smyrna, Turkey, 15 Sep 1919

Greek battleship Lemnos firing a salute to US Navy Admiral Mark Bristol at Smyrna, Turkey, 15 Sep 1919; note British D-class light cruiser in background	Kim Gu and other members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai, China, 17 Sep 1919

Tenryu underway, circa late 1919	FT-17 light tanks of the Polish 2nd Tank Regiment preparing for Battle of Daugavpils of the Polish-Soviet War, Latvia, 1919-1920

Launch of USS California at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1919; note the sponsor Mrs. R. T. Zane (left, woman with hat), a bugler (center), a motion picture camera with its operator, and a US Navy captain (waving hat) on the platform	Tenryu underway during trials, Japan, 1919

Tenryu, Yokosuka, Japan, late 1919	After ammunition ships Pyro and Nitro were christened at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, the drydock was flooded for their launching, 16 Dec 1919.

'Nurses Hamlet' at US Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, United States, circa 1920s	25,000-ton floating dry dock, Howaldtswerke shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1920s

Battleship Ise, circa early 1920s	Beretta M1918 submachine gun, circa 1920s

Building docks of Seebeckwerft shipyard with the gantry clearly seen, Bremerhaven, Germany, circa 1920s	Canon de 194 mle GPF in firing configuration, circa 1920s

Canon de 194 mle GPF in traveling configuration, circa 1920s	Canon de 75 M modèle 1919 Schneider in firing configuration, circa 1920s