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| Post-overhaul photo of USS Bailey departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 4 Jul 1943. Note the new Measure 21 paint scheme. Photo 1 of 2. | Post-overhaul photo of USS Bailey departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 4 Jul 1943. Note the new Measure 21 paint scheme. Photo 2 of 2. |
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| Soviet Il-2 aircraft attacking a German motorized column near the border of Kursk Oblast and Voronezh Oblast, Russia, Jul 1943 |
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