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18 Oct 1943

18 Oct 1943 Photos
USS Young underway in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 18 Oct 1943
9 Oct 1944

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21 Dec 1944

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26 Dec 1944

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3 Nov 1945

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17 May 1946

17 May 1946 Photos
United States Coast Guard Cutter Spencer in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, United States, 17 May 1946.
7 Jun 1950

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  • Destroyer USS Saufley arrived in Charleston, South Carolina with 37 survivors of an airliner that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [Saufley | Charleston, South Carolina | DS]
20 Jun 1953

United States
30 Jun 1958

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30 Sep 1958

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  • USS Ray was decommissioned from service at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. ww2dbase [Ray | Charleston, South Carolina | CPC]
1 Aug 1959

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Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb draped across power lines in Toppenish, Washington, United States, 10 Mar 1945. This balloon caused a power outage that briefly affected the Hanford nuclear reactors 40 miles away.

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"With Germany arming at breakneck speed, England lost in a pacifist dream, France corrupt and torn by dissension, America remote and indifferent... do you not tremble for your children?"

Winston Churchill, 1935


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