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| TDN-1 attack drone on its first (piloted) test flight from Traverse City, Michigan, United States, 19 May 1943. The pilot was Navy Lieutenant C.C. Corley. Photo 1 of 2. | TDN-1 attack drone on its first (piloted) test flight from Traverse City, Michigan, United States, 19 May 1943. The pilot was Navy Lieutenant C.C. Corley. Photo 2 of 2. |
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| TDN-1 attack drone ready for its first (piloted) flight at Traverse City, Michigan, United States, 19 May 1943. The pilot was Lieutenant C.C. Corley. | USS Marlin off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, 19 May 1943 |
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| Aerial view of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Germany, 20 May 1943; photo taken by a British No. 542 Squadron RAF aircraft | African-American soldiers of the labor battalion deployed by the US Army eating a meal in the field, Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 20 May 1943 |
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| MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 1 of 2 | MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 2 of 2 |
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| B-17E Fortress “Sally” at 7-Mile Aerodrome, Port Moresby, New Guinea, May 22 1943. This was the personal transportation aircraft for LGen George Kenney, commander of Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area. | An officer disembarking USS New Jersey after the commissioning ceremony, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943 |
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| Burke with drink and pipe in hand while at the Officer's Club at Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomon Islands, 23 May 1943 | Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 01 of 25 |
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| Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 02 of 25 | Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 03 of 25 |
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| Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 04 of 25 | Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 05 of 25 |
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| Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 06 of 25; note Captain Carl Holden on left | Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 07 of 25; note Captain Carl Holden on left |
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| Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 08 of 25 | Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 09 of 25; note Captain Carl Holden on left |
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