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| United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, on the flag bridge of USS Nashville during the Leyte landing operations, Oct 1944. | United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and his staff leaving USS Nashville aboard an LCM to inspect the landing beaches on Leyte in the Philippines, 20 Oct 1944. | Cruiser USS Nashville, General Douglas MacArthur’s flagship during the Leyte Gulf operations, at anchor off Leyte, Philippine Islands, about 21 Oct 1944. Note destroyer USS Bush at right. |
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