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| Launching of submarine Segundo, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 5 Feb 1944 | Spruance and Nimitz at Kwajalein Island, 5 Feb 1944 |
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| Admiral Chester Nimitz at the US Marine Corps cemetary on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 6 Feb 1944; also present were USMC Colonel Franklin Hart and Major General Harry Schmidt (with dark glasses) | Sikh troops of Indian 7th Division fighting at the Ngakyeduak Pass near Sinzweya, Burma, 6 Feb 1944 |
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| Bow view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944 | Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being prepared for christening and launching, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Note the platform built for the sponsor and other dignitaries. |
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| Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga in her first attempt to be christened (the bottle missed), Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell of Ticonderoga, New York. | Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga in her second and successful attempt to be christened, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell of Ticonderoga, New York. |
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| Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga sliding down the ways during her launch at Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. | Stern view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944 |
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| TBF-1C aircraft having just been jettisoned from USS Coral Sea near Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 7 Feb 1944 | Franklin Roosevelt with USMC pilot Kenneth Walsh at the White House, Washington DC, United States, 8 Feb 1944; note Adm Ernest King, LtGen Alexander Vandegrift, Asst Secretary of Navy Ralph Bard, and Mrs Walsh |
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| Mechanics at Laredo Army Air Field, Texas, US checked a B-24 bomber before its flight, 8 Feb 1944 | Sherman BARV vehicle, Earls Court, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Feb 1944 |
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| USS Langley at anchor in Kwajalein Lagoon, 8 Feb 1944 | USS Saratoga underway in the Marshall Islands area, 8 Feb 1944; note SBD Dauntless and F6F Hellcat aircraft on the flight deck |
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| Wrecked Mikazuki being inspected by USMC personnel, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 8 Feb 1944; note 4.7-inch gun and nearby bomb hole, viewed from searchlight platform | Wrecked Mikazuki being inspected by USMC personnel, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 8 Feb 1944; note 4.7-inch gun on the after deckhouse without breechblock |
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| Wrecked Mikazuki being inspected by USMC personnel, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 8 Feb 1944; note 4.7-inch gun on the after deckhouse without breechblock | Wrecked Mikazuki being inspected by USMC personnel, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 8 Feb 1944; note depth charge mortar and rack |
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