| Caption | US Navy personnel at Dutch Harbor, Alaksa, United States, 3-4 Jun 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 4 Jun 1942 | ||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
| Added Date | 19 Sep 2011 | ||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | ||||||||
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