The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) refueling at sea from the fleet oiler USS Platte (AO-24) during the raid on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Dec 1943 [4260x3272]
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TDIH: February 1, 1942, World War II: U.S. Navy conducts MarshallsβGilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
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Christmas Day entertainment aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during operations off the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, 25 December 1943 [5655Γ4463]
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βThe Fleet Is Not Idle . . .β, 2/14/1942. With the Pacific Fleet β Made from the deck of a U.S. warship, this photo shows other units of the Pacific Fleet, including an aircraft carrier in the background, speeding to the smashing attack on Japanβs Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the Western Pacific.
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U.S. plane crashes during attack on Jap islands somewhere in the Pacific, 2/18/1942. SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC β a plane from a U.S. cruiser, as it crashed in a forced landing after it had suffered damage in the U.S. Navy attack on the Japanese mandated Gilbert and Marshall islands. Credit (ACME)
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Flag of the Greater Micronesian Federation (Federated States of Micronesia + Guam, Nauru, and Palau; Gilbert, Marshall, and Northern Mariana Islands)
reddit.com/gallery/oo6g4e
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Chart room on board USS Lexington (CV-16) as the ship maneuvers into enemy waters during a strike on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. December 1943. [2865 x 2048]
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Judge Price Marshall today said the government must decide by Aug. 30 if it wants to retry Gilbert Baker on a conspiracy and wire fraud charges in the alleged scheme to bribe a judge to reduce a verdict against nursing home owner Michael Morton.
arktimes.com/arkansas-bloβ¦
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U.S. aircraft carriers and battleships of Task Force 50 en route to launch raids on the Gilbert and Marshal Islands, November 12, 1943 [5685 Γ 4437]
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Two M3 Lee tanks on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign of 1943 was the only time the M3 saw combat in the Pacific with American Forces.
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, Gilbert King (Kindle, $1.99)
amazon.com/dp/B005MMO0IY
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TDIH: February 3, 1944, World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison. Photo: Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Infantry Division attack a Japanese blockhouse on Kwajalein.
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Political cartoon by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth depicting the Eastern Bloc's reaction towards the Marshall Plan, March 1948
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After a raid on the IJN base on the Truk Atoll in the Caroline Islands a B-24 bomber from the 7th US Air Force flies through an exploding phosphorus bond dropped by Japanese aircraft operating above the attacking bomber; July 1944. The 7th Air Force was based in the Gilbert Islands.
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[KenGurnick] Dodgers optioned RHP Josh Sborz and reassigned LHPs Kyle Lobstein and Tyler Gilbert, RHPs Marshall Kasowski and Jordan Sheffield, C Stevie Berman and IF Cristian Santana to minor league camp.
twitter.com/kengurnick/stβ¦
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(OC) Colorized footage of meeting of Party officials in Moscow metro's Mayakovskaya station . November 6 , 1941 . The meeting was conducted underground due to frequent German Air raid over Moscow . Battle for Moscow ( 30 Sep 1941 - 20 Apr 1942) .Stalin , Marshall Budyonny , Malenkov can be seen here
v.redd.it/k6g0nfnldl471
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After a raid on the IJN base on the Truk Atoll in the Caroline Islands a B-24 bomber from the 7th US Air Force flies through an exploding phosphorus bond dropped by Japanese aircraft operating above the attacking bomber; July 1944. The 7th Air Force was based in the Gilbert Islands.
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2nd Raider Battalion Marines line the deck of a submarine after returning from the raid on Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands. The raid occurred on 17-18 Aug 1942. Nine Marines were inadvertently left behind and were executed. The IJN officer that ordered the execution was hung as a war criminal.
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*In 1988, Seahawks traded LB Fredd Young to Colts for 2 first-round picks. *In 1998, Panthers signed free-agent DT Sean Gilbert and gave two firsts to Washington as compensation. *In 1988, Washington signed free-agent LB Wilber Marshall and gave Bears two firsts as compensation.
twitter.com/adamschefter/β¦
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"Ensign V.A.Prather directs the removal of a damaged F6F Hellcat (#12) aboard the carrier USS Lexington CV-16, during operations in the Gilberts and Marshalls, November-December 1943."
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An SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber of Enterprise Air Group on the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) prepares for takeoff during a raid on the Marshall Islands, February 1, 1942.
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Chart room on board USS Lexington as the ship maneuvers into enemy waters during a strike on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. December 1943. [2865x2048]
upload.wikimedia.org/wikiβ¦
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An SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber of Enterprise Air Group on the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) prepares for takeoff during a raid on the Marshall Islands, February 1, 1942.
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A SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber on the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) prepares for takeoff during the 1 February 1942 Marshall Islands Raid. The raid had little long-term strategic impact. But did help lift the morale of the USN and the public, and provided combat experience for the carrier groups
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Crewmen laughing as they listen to a VF-16 pilot describing his squadron's 17 to 0 victory over Japanese planes in the Marshalls & Gilberts area on 23 November 1943.
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A SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber on the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) prepares for takeoff during the 1 February 1942 Marshall Islands Raid. The raid had little long-term strategic impact. But did help lift the morale of the USN and the public, and provided combat experience for the carrier groups
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Grumman F6F Hellcat makes it back to USS Bunker Hill with flames pouring out of its center section after a raid on the Marshall Islands in early 1944
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Colorized footage of meeting of Party officials in Moscow metro's Mayakovskaya station . November 6 , 1941 . The meeting was conducted underground due to frequent German Air raid over Moscow . Battle for Moscow ( 30 Sep 1941 - 20 Apr 1942) .Stalin , Marshall Budyonny , Malenkov can be seen here
v.redd.it/k6g0nfnldl471
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USS Idaho (BB 42), New Mexico Class. Commissioned March 24th 1919. She shelled Japanese forces during the Gilbert and Marshall Island campaigns. She was also present in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese finally surrendered on September 2nd 1945. [1240 x 859]
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Grumman F6F Hellcat makes it back to USS Bunker Hill with flames pouring out of its center section after a raid on the Marshall Islands in early 1944
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A Grumman F6F-3 fighter takes off into the late afternoon sun for combat air patrol during the Gilberts and Marshalls operation. November, 1943.
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Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber lands on USS LEXINGTON (CV-16), during the Marshalls and Gilberts Operation, circa November 1943.
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Chart room on board USS Lexington as the ship maneuvers into enemy waters during a strike on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. December 1943. [2865x2048]
upload.wikimedia.org/wikiβ¦
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US Marshalls raided the Blaine County Sheriffs Office today. The Sheriff and 3 deputies were taken into custody. There is currently no information on the reason for the raid.
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Joel Gilbert: Obama's real father is Frank Marshall Davis, a labor activist and poet, who sold bondage photos of Obama's mother
slate.com/blogs/xx_factorβ¦
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Chart room on board USS Lexington (CV-16) as the ship maneuvers into enemy waters during a strike on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, by Edward Steichen, December 1943 [2865 Γ 2048]
imgur.com/JXXyauY
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Announcement from Thomas Gilbert
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