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| USS Dentuda, USS Searaven, and USS Tuna in foreground, with USS Parche, USS Bluegill, and USS Hackleback also present, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946 | USS Parche at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946 |
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| Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling at an airfield in Taiwan, Republic of China, 21 Oct 1946 | Incomplete light carrier Ibuki being taken apart at Sasebo, Japan, 22 Oct 1946 |
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| The first photo from space, 24 Oct 1946; taken from a Devry 35mm movie camera attached to a V2 rocket at altitude of 65 miles; the rocket was launched from US Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, United States | Chiang Kaishek during anniversary celebrations of the liberation, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 25 Oct 1946 |
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| Emperor Showa visiting Ogaki, Gifu, Japan, 25 Oct 1946 | Chiang Kaishek with newly elected delegates of the National Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, late 1946 |
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| Dutch soldier on a C15TA armored truck, near Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Oct-Dec 1946 | Emperor Showa signing the Constitution of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 3 Nov 1946 |
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| Marshal Kirill Meretskov in the military parade of the 29th anniversary of the October Revolution, Voroshilov (now Ussuriysk), Russia, 1946; the officer behind him was Major Vladimir Meretskov, commanding officer of the 218th Heavy Tank Regiment of Soviet 2nd Tank Division and son of the Marshal | Japanese Naval Lieutenant (junior grade) Yoshinum Yoshihau hears the verdict of the War Crimes Commission on Guam, Mariana Islands, headed by Rear Admiral A.G. Robinson, 14 Nov 1946. |
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| President Harry Truman tours the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, United States escorted by Academy Superintendent Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch, right, 16 Nov 1946. | Judges Roling, McDougall, Lord Patrick, Myron Cramer, William Webb, Mei, Zaryanov, Bernard, Northcroft, Jaranilla at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East, Tokyo, Japan, 26 Nov 1946 |
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| Cruiser Aoba sunken in shallow water, Kure, Japan, 28 Nov 1946 | Republic of China personnel at Taiping, Nansha (Spratly) Islands, 14 Dec 1946; front row 4th from left: Interior Ministry representative Zheng Ziyue; 5th: Navy detachment commanding officer Lin Zun; 7th: Nansha Commissioner Mai Yunyu |
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| Landing ship No. 147, with coal-fired boilers, at Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan, 16 Dec 1946 | Bow view of USS Capitaine off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Dec 1946 |
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| Port view of USS Capitaine off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Dec 1946 | Stern view of USS Capitaine off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Dec 1946 |
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