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Page from the USS Iowa war diary describing the Christmas Day visit from Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, 1944.

Caption   Page from the USS Iowa war diary describing the Christmas Day visit from Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, 1944. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Photos on Same Day 25 Dec 1944
Photos at Same Place Pacific Ocean
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 18 Aug 2017

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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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