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    That’s a cool pic!!! Without reading what it was I thought it was Bismarck or Tirpitz at first glance.
     
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    I was on that ship a bit over a decade ago. I happened to be in Wilmington and stopped by to tour the ship. Had a great time.
     
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    I toured back in 1980 when I was posted at Ft. Bragg, NC. You’re right, it was a great tour.
     
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    "P40 Warhawk. The Flying Tigers over China, 1942 3rd Squadron Hell’s Angels, Flying Tigers over China, photographed in 1942 by AVG pilot Robert T. Smith."
     
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    "Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Nachi, one of the 4 units of the Myoko class. (2048x1372)"
     
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    "[2000x1581] Tennessee (BB43). After her rebuild of pearl harbor."
     
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    She looks South Dakotaish from this angle, specifically the superstructure.
     
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    ""B-17F, Hell's Angel's. Assigned to the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group (H), flew from RAF Molesworth. The plane was signed by 303rd BG AAF members after 48 missions, then returned to the US for a War Bond tour, about January 1944.""
     
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    "Normandy, France. June 1944. A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of the 362nd Fighter Group USAAF. (2048 x 2048)"
     
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    P51c Mustang
     
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    "USS Boston CAG-1 (right) and USS Canberra CAG-2 nested together at Pier 5, Norfolk, during chang of command ComCruDivFour. NHHC [5670x4563]"

    Again, I don't write the stuff in quotes. Not even sure a Chinese captain was on either ship. ;-)
     
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    "[5740x4326] The third most decorated USN warship of the second world war, USS San Francisco (CA-38) off the Korean coast in 1945."
     
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    "Seven Grumman TBM-3D Avenger bombers of night torpedo squadron VT(N)-90 flying in formation in January 1945. The squadron was part of Night Air Group 90 on the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). Note radar pods in right-side wings, and the distinctive tail insignia."
     
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    "IJN aircraft carrier Kaga in 1928. You can see the original 200 mm (8 in) guns near the waterline and the long funnel extending aft below the flight deck. (3510x2376)"
     
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    "British Churchill tanks in Kleve Germany, Feb 1945."
     
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    A bit hard for me to read but it looks like 27, 30, 32 knots. Was this group the fastest of all? I just wondered about the Missouri. Just because I have a couple of her models.
     
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    I put these up for the Rogues to review as much as anything.
     
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