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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Significant name USS BECUNA (SS-319) Philadelphia, PA
Significant name Norfolk City Hall Norfolk
1942/07/00 Gen Douglas MacArthur orders 15,000 jungle camouflage uniforms for use in the Pacific Theater. The pattern is by Norvell Gillespie, a horticulturist and garden editor of such magazines as Sunset, Better House and Gardens and the San Francisco Chronicle. Work
1944/07/26 Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur meet with President Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor aboard the cruiser USS Baltimore. Commander of US Army Forces in the Far East World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii Pearl Harbor Honolulu Conference
1945/09/02 Supreme Commander MacArthur signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United Nations: It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past. Commander of US Army Forces in the Far East USS MISSOURI World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii Imperial Japan Surrenders
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