Virginia Fights: World War Two
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"Two Coast Guard-manned LST's open their great jaws in the surf that washes on Leyte Island beach, as soldiers trip down and build sandbag piers out to the ramsp to speed up unloading operations. 1944."
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"1909th Engineers Aviation Battalion (Negro) aboard LST 683."
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"Task Force 58 raid on Japan. 40mm guns firing aboard USS HORNET on 16 February 1945, as the carrier's planes were raiding Tokyo. Lt. Comdr. Charles Kerlee, February 1945."
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"The crew of the U.S. Navy submarine chaser salutes the United States flag as the 173-foot long escort vessel is commissioned in a U.S. East Coast port. As soon as they qualify through experience and training, eight members of the crew of 53 Negro sailors will replace the present chief petty officers."

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