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| Broadside view of USS Mingo off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States after completion of overhaul, 3 Feb 1944 | Stern view of USS Mingo, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 3 Feb 1944 |
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| Battleship USS Iowa entering Majuro anchorage, Marshall Islands, the morning of 4 Feb 1944. Note Dazzle Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B. | Men of US 7th Division waiting outside a Japanese blockhouse on Kwajalein while a flamethrower did its work, Marshall Islands, 4 Feb 1944 |
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| Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2 | Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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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) | Bow view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944 |
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| 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. | 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. |
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| 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. | Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga sliding down the ways during her launch at Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. |
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| Stern view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944 | TBF-1C aircraft having just been jettisoned from USS Coral Sea near Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 7 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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| FM-2 Wildcat of USS Card in flight, 10 Feb 1944 | Strike photo stitched together from photos taken by USS Langley aircraft showing severe damage to the runway and the surrounding areas on Engebi Island (now Enjebi), Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, 11 Feb 1944. |
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