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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Patrick N.L. Bellinger, one of the first Navy flyers, piloting a U.S. Navy flying boat during the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico. During t... |
| Date: | 08 1945 |
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| Description: | The medal ceremony for the crew of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Super Fortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This photograph was taken by Al... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977-1981), was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924. After serving as an officer in the Navy, he... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across grounds towards the Northwestern Naval and Military Acadamy. |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | A tug or utility boat in the foreground and a battleship sit in Pearl Harbor with smoke rising in the background from the Japanese attack. |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to... |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Capsized USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. The Oklahoma was hit with a large number of Japanese aerial torpedoes which ripped an opening across ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb. |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th... |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the... |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Navy Times Are Changin,'" an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of three men, at least one in navy uniform, surrounded by pigs pointing f... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A composite image of Oliver Hazard Perry (8/23/1785 – 8/23/1819) a U.S. Naval Officer and "hero of the Battle of Lake Erie," with his birthplace in South K... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of shoreline, waterfront buildings, boat-dotted bay and Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. The pink-marble, column-shaped monu... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the parade grounds at United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. Men stand in formation on the parade grounds, and to the the right, a flag wav... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of the barracks in a wooded area of the United States Naval Training Camp. A man stands between the barracks and trees in the center. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of three soldiers standing between rows of tents in a pine cove at a United States Naval Training Camp. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of uniforms hanging on a clothesline and cabins in a wooded area at the United States Naval Training Camp. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of sailors eating at long tables under the pines at a U.S. Naval Training Camp. Decorative flags wave above them. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of sailors rowing ten boats toward the shore during a drill at the United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. |
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