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| Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 1 of 3. | Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 2 of 3. |
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| Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 3 of 3. | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Lieutenant Colonel George Friedrich von Tempelhoff at Barneville, France, 16 Jan 1944 |
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| Ships at Pearl Harbor’s repair piers, 16 Jan 1944. Note the camouflage paint on the buildings. |
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