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The colors being hoisted for the first time aboard the USS Yorktown (Essex-class) during the ship’s commissioning ceremonies, 15 Apr 1943 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States	The National Ensign raised aboard submarine Skate, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Apr 1943; Seahorse at left & Sargo at right

View from the forward fire control tower of USS Iowa, looking aft, as the ship arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States on 15 Apr 1943; note USS Lexington (Essex-class) in the background, and the Chamberlin-Vanderbilt Hotel building further beyond.	Change of Command ceremony aboard USS Card, Captain Arnold J. “Buster” Isbell, left, relieved Captain James Sykes at Norfolk, Virginia, 17 Apr 1943.

Funeral of James Wakasa at the Topaz Relocation Center, Utah, United States, 19 Apr 1943; Wakasa was killed by a military policeman guarding the camp fence	President Franklin Roosevelt seated in his car as he arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, 21 Apr 1943.

President Franklin Roosevelt seated in his car as his party arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, 21 Apr 1943. Note Eleanor Roosevelt standing by.	President Franklin Roosevelt, right, at lunch with Rear Admiral Alfred E Montgomery, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, 21 Apr 1943.

Sargo off Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2	Sargo off Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2

USS Ancon, Portsmouth, Virginia, United Staes, 21 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2	USS Ancon, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 21 Apr 1943, photo 2 of 2

155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzer and crew in exercise, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2	155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzer and crew in exercise, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943, photo 2 of 2

37 mm Gun M3 and crew in exercise, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943	An improvised jeep ambulance at a training camp in Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943

An US Army soldier practicing throwing a grenade from a foxhole toward a M10 tank destroyer, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943	US Army troops training with 81mm M1 mortar, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943; note M1 Carbine

USS Ancon underway, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 24 Apr 1943	The Deck Officer gives an SNJ-3C Texan the go-ahead to launch from the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 26 Apr 1943.