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1966

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class William J Santabar pauses during a busy day aboard USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA 42) to read the world's best morale builder. Mail.

1953

strives removed USS Iowa (BB 61) from retain fleet for reactivation and go [i]or[/i] come back to duty at San Francisco Naval Shipyard.

1943

Dive bombers onward an aircraft carrier roar into the take-off roll on for a smashing blow against a Japanese target in the southern Pacific.

1948

Ships of the Iowa class are always in fighting shape, and in such a manner are her crew members. Calisthenics upon the deck of the battleship USS Iowa (BB 61) hold fast muscles in tone, while a band, rehearsing in the left foreground, preserves the musicians in tune.

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