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Helldiver’s in filght (1944)
#otd Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver’s fly over task force 58 carriers, while returning to USS Yorktown CV-10 after strikes on Chichi Jima....
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USS Honolulu CL-48
#otd crewmembers of USS Honolulu CL-48, stacking empty shell cases after the Battle of Kula Gulf, 5-6 July 1943. #usshonolulu #cl48...
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USS Texas CGN-39 (1977)
#otd USS Texas CGN-39 underway prior to commissioning, 6 July 1977. Who misses the sleek lines of the Virginia Class and do you have a...
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Return of Columbia (1982)
#otd Landing of Orbiter Columbia OV-102 STS-4 at Edwards AFB. President Ronald Reagan met the crew on the runway, 4 July 1982. #ov102...
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USS West Virginia BB-48 (1944)
#otd USS West Virgina BB-48 off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, 2 July 1944. Note: This negative has been heavily retouched to eliminate all...
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LSO at work!
#otd an H-2 Seasprite lands aboard USS Coontz DLG-9 in the South China Sea, 2 July 1969. Pictured is LSO LTJG. Ronald E. Braley,...