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| Battleship USS Iowa and carrier USS Shangri-La receiving fuel from oiler USS Cahaba, 8 Jul 1945. Photo 2 of 5. | Battleship USS Iowa and carrier USS Shangri-La receiving fuel from oiler USS Cahaba, 8 Jul 1945. Photo 3 of 5. |
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| Battleship USS Iowa and carrier USS Shangri-La receiving fuel from oiler USS Cahaba, 8 Jul 1945. Photo 4 of 5. | Battleship USS Iowa and carrier USS Shangri-La receiving fuel from oiler USS Cahaba, 8 Jul 1945. Photo 5 of 5. |
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| Essex-class carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (left) and battleship USS Missouri (right) taking fuel from fleet oiler USS Tappahannock (center) east of Iwo Jima, 8 Jul 1945. | Oblique aerial view of West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul 8, 1945. |
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| Columbushaus and other buildings at Potsdamer Platz in ruins, Berlin, Germany, 9 Jul 1945 | FM2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron VC-93 after getting caught in the crash barrier cables aboard escort carrier USS Steamer Bay 850 miles southeast of Japan, 9 Jul 1945. |
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| WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Lavina B. Bierer stacking aircraft engine pistons in the Engine Overhaul Shop at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Jul 1945 | WAVES Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class Kathryn A. Wolny repairing an inflatable liferaft for use on patrol planes, Naval Air Station Kaneohe, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Jul 1945 |
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| Aerial view of the area around Kakazu Ridge (US Army nickname: Tombstone Ridge), Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, 10 Jul 1945; the camera was pointing roughly in a northern direction | Argentinean Navy personnel inspecting captured German submarine U-530, Mar del Plata, Argentina, mid-Jul 1945 |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower at the Roosevelt residence in Hyde Park, New York, United States, 10 Jul 1945 | Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, 10 Jul 1945, photo 1 of 4 |
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| Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, 10 Jul 1945, photo 2 of 4 | Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, 10 Jul 1945, photo 3 of 4 |
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| Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, 10 Jul 1945, photo 4 of 4 | Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 Jul 1945 |
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| Planes from USS Essex on a raid over Japan on 10 Jul 1945 with Mt Fuji in the background. Plane in foreground is a TBM Avenger and those beyond are SB2C Helldivers. | Portrait of Admiral William Halsey, 10 Jul 1945; photo probably taken at Navy Department building, Washington DC, United States |
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