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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...

#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...

#otd Lt. Reynaldo Perez, and Lt. Fernando Hermanez-Vega, Of Juarez, of Mexico, wait for their fellow pilots of the 201st Fighter Squadron...

#otd The 351st Bomb Group takes over a former R.A.F. Base in England, 28 June 1943. #usaaf #wwii #351stbombgroup #aviationsafari...

#otd British Passenger Liner and Troopship Queen Mary arrives in New York City with thousands of U.S. troops on board, inbound from...

#otd A VF-1 "top hatter" F6f-3 fighter is launched from USS Yorktown CV-10, to intercept enemy forces during the "Marianas turkey shoot",...

#otd Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexander Vraciu, USNR; fighting squadron 16 "Ace", holds up six fingers to signify his "kills" during the...

Chem trails have been around a long time, jk. #otd Battle of The Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944. Vapor trails left by fighter planes during...

#otd USS Houston CL-81 being christened, by Mrs. Claude Hamill, at Newport News, Virginia, 19 June 1943. #usshouston #cl81 #wwii...

#otd Japanese twin engine plane is shot down while attacking TG52.11 escort carriers off Saipan, 18 June 1944. Seen from USS Kitkun Bay...