Reminiscence, 1944-1945.

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Reminiscence, 1944-1945.

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Personal reminiscence of the first war cruise of USS Hornet (CV-12) by communications officer John B. Harriman with account of operations in New Guinea, Palau, Caroline, Mariana and Bonin Islands and Battles of Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, 1944-1945. Account was written in 1980.

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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