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Our Fleet Meets the Enemy
By a series of precise maneuvers each battleship, plane, carrier, destroyer and submarine makes ready for combat
October
1
1939
COMMANDER R. R. SMITH
Our Fleet Meets the Enemy
COMMANDER R. R. SMITH
October
1
1939
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ARTICLE
Our Fleet Meets the Enemy
By a series of precise maneuvers each battleship, plane, carrier, destroyer and submarine makes ready for combat
October
1
1939
COMMANDER R. R. SMITH
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