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Son of sharecropper washing hands, 1938

The inner city of the destroyed Würzburg, Germany. Autumn 1945

‘Now you’re safe from terrorist attacks’ (Chappate, 2006)

HMS Barham, Malaya and Argus as seen from HMS Rodney

An Afghan communist revolutionary wearing traditional clothing and holding an AK-47 in Kabul, 1984.

Navy

‘90,000 tons of diplomacy’ (American poster for Northrop Grumman Corporation/ Newport News Shipbuilding. Featuring the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) aircraft carrier. United States of America, ca. 2008).
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Man the guns, Join the Navy (1942)
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The crew of USS Miami (CL-89) cleans up after bombarding the Palau Islands in 1944
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The crew of USS Miami (CL-89) cleans up after bombarding the Palau Islands in 1944
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A WWI US Navy veteran of Japanese descent arrives at a Japanese internment camp, April 1942 (1280×998)
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The crew of the 11th Doolittle Raider “Hari Kari-er on the deck of the USS Hornet whilst transiting the Pacific Ocean, April 1942. The crew of the B-25 bailed out over the border of Anhui and Zheijang provinces and were assisted by Chinese forces.
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«The empire strikes back» The cover of Newsweek magazine, which was published on April 19, 1982, against the background of an image of the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes heading south from Britain towards the Falkland Islands, which were recently occupied by Argentina. 1982.
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WAVES trainees eating a meal, Naval Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, Feb 1943
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This is a photo of Lou Conter, who passed away today at the age 102. Lou was the last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, some sailors were trapped on the USS West Virginia and the USS Oklahoma. One group of men survived 16 days, which they tallied on the wall of the storeroom where they were trapped. No one wanted guard duty because of the incessant banging and screaming.
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King Neptune oversees a “Line crossing ceremony” for crossing the Equator on USS Lexington CV-16 in Early 1944. Sailors who have already crossed the Equator are called Shellbacks or Sons of Neptune. Those who have not yet crossed the Equator are nicknamed Pollywogs.
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USS Kearsarge (BB-5) illuminated with electric lights, while visiting Portsmough, England in July 1903.
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The Pacific Navy (1907)
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Totally Straight Navy sub recruitment, US, 1943
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Physical training on the quarterdeck of the cruiser HMS Argonaut, Algeria, December 14-19, 1942.
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Loading 406 mm shells in the main guns of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson
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A Supermarine Walrus amphibian airplane being catapulted from the RN light cruiser HMS Bermuda
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Barracuda aircraft landing on HMS Formidable after attacking Tirpitz, Norwegian Sea, Aug 1944
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Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson quadruple turret with BL 14-inch Mk VII naval guns (355,6 mm) circa 1943
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940.
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