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| US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox receiving a USD $63,000,000 check from Chairman of the City of Atlanta John Connor during a War Bond selling campaign, nominally for the replacement for the sunken cruiser USS Atlanta, Mar 1943; note Rear Admiral George Murray at left of photograph and Captain Samuel Jenkins at right of photograph | Newly promoted Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz hosting a collection of Third Fleet flag officers aboard battleship USS New Jersey in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, Christmas Eve, 1944. |
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| Japanese 4th Fleet commander Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara signing the surrender ceremony aboard USS Portland, Truk, Caroline Islands, 2 Sep 1945; note US officers, left to right, Lieutenant S. E. Thompson, Captain O. F. Naquin, Vice Admiral George Murray, Captain D. N. Cone, Captain L. A. Thackrey, Lieutenant L. L. Thompson, and Lieutenant A. M. Soden | Portrait of George Murray, late 1940s |
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