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| Freighter SS Absaroka with her decks awash after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 off the San Pedro harbor entrance, Los Angeles, California, United States, 24 Dec 1941. | Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma of Japanese 14th Army arriving at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines, 24 Dec 1941 | USS Atlanta's commissioning ceremony, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 24 Dec 1941 | Wrecked Wildcats of VMF-211 collected by Japanese, Wake, circa late Dec 1941 |
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