[Photo] USS Gar arriving Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 19 Aug 1945. Note the exceptionally long commissioning pennant with balloon known as a "Going Home" pennant that was common when heading home after the war

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USS Gar arriving Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 19 Aug 1945. Note the exceptionally long commissioning pennant with balloon known as a "Going Home" pennant that was common when heading home after the war ww2dbase

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Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station	Main article	Photos	Maps
Gar	Main article	Photos

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2,000 x 1,319 pixels

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19 Aug 1945

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Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

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C. Peter Chen

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