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| 2-inch mortar team of 1st Royal Ulster Rifles, UK 1st Airborne Division in Britain, 29 Aug 1942 | Destroyer USS Saufley on her commissioning day, 29 Aug 1942, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Note two just completed Elco 80-foot PT Boats on Saufley’s bow. | Doherty (as HMS Berry) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 Aug 1942 |
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