9,500 items in this album on 475 pages.
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| Mikuma in Sukumo Bay, Japan, Apr 1939 | Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 1 of 3 |
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| Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 2 of 3; note Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane her catapult | Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Apr 1939, photo 3 of 3; note Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane her catapult |
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| Rear Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Captain Aubrey Fitch, and other Naval officers in parade dress at Pensacola, Florida, United States, Apr 1939. | US Navy Captain Richmond Turner and Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita at Arita's official residence, Tokyo, Japan, Apr 1939 |
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| XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, Apr 1939 | XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, 3 Apr 1939 |
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| M2A3 light tank on parade during the Army Day Parade, Washington, DC, United States, 6 Apr 1939 | Aerial view of carrier Enterprise underway, 12 Apr 1939 |
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| Porter off Yorktown, Virginia, United States, 19 Apr 1939 | Akagi in Sukumo Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, 27 Apr 1939 |
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| Carrier Hiryu running speed trials off Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, 28 Apr 1939 | USS Reuben James underway, 29 Apr 1939. |
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| Rear Admiral Russell Willson relieving Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz as Commander US Navy Battleship Division One aboard USS Arizona, San Pedro, California, United States, 26 May 1939 | Admiral Graf Spee in European waters in mid-1939 |
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| French cruiser La Motte-Picquet (only stern visible), USS Chaumont, and Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939 | French cruiser La Motte-Picquet at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939; note HMS Birmingham ahead of La Motte-Picquet, USS Chaumont aft of La Motte-Picquet |
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| HMS Birmingham at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939 | Officers of destroyer Mugford Ens. Robert Main, Lt. Ephraim McLean, Lt. Robert Speck, Lt. Cmdr. Arleigh Burke, Ens. Arthur Johnson, Lt. Gelzer Sims, and Lt. (jg) Robert Holmes, Jun 1939 |
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