1940-1964WORLD WAR II
ADMIRAL NIMITZ AND WWII.
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ROUGH SEAS. BIG WAVES
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WWII SEA BATTLES IN PACIFIC OCEAN. BATTLESHIPS FIRING, MANY CANNON EXPLOSIONS
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ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ MONTAGE. BOARDING SHIP
SAILORS ON DECK SALUTE, SHAKES HANDS |
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1942: JAPANESE PLANES COVER THE SKY. JAPANESE NAVY IN PACIFIC. JAPANESE FLAG ON SHIP.
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VIEW FROM SHIP, OF OTHER SHIPS
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS JOUSTING-FENCING IN TRAINING
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JAPANESE OFFICER BLOWS WHISTLE, MS
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FENCING CONTINUES
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JAPANESE WARLORD, GENERAL HIDEKI TOJO GETS OUT OF CAR AND NIGHT, HIS PICTURE IS TAKEN, FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
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JAPANESE COCKTAIL PARTY WITH JAPANESE HIGH COMMAND & NAZIS. JAPANESE FLAG, JAPANESE OFFICIALS POSE ON STAIRCASE
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NAZI COCKTAIL PARTY, NAZI FLAG HANGS IN THE BKGD, JAPANESE AND GERMANS
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CU HAND POURING CHAMPAGNE INTO GLASSES, HANDS RAISED FOR A TOAST
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AMERICAN FLEET. US BATTLESHIP
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NIMITZ GETS OFF SHIP IN RAIN
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SHIPS PLOWING THRU THE WATER
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SAILORS WORKING
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MEN MOVING BOMB ON DECK
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NIMITZ WALKING OFF SHIP, GANG PLANK
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TEXAS CATTLE COUNTRY. HERD OF CATTLE, COWS IN PRAIRIE, HERD MOVING, COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK
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NIMITZ AS A CHILD, STILL PHOTO
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THE USS CONSTELLATION
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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: SHIPS FIRING IN BATTLE
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PHOTO OF NIMITZ AS A TEEN
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PHOTO OF NIMITZ AS A YOUNG MAN, SAILOR
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PHOTO OF NIMITZ IN UNIFORM
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ANNAPOLIS GRADUATION: SAILORS GRADUATE, WALK IN CURVED LINES, LIKE A SNAKE, THROW THEIR CAPS IN THE AIR
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MEN WORKING SUBMARINES, SUB SUBMERGES
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WWI SUBMARINES: MEN WORKING IN SUB, TORPEDO SHOT
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VIEW OF EXPLOSION THRU PERISCOPE OF SUB, SHIP ROLLS OVER, SINKS WITH MEN RUNNING AROUND ON THE HULL
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MANY BATTLESHIPS, POV SHIP
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EARLY PLANE LANDING ON EARLY AIRCRAFT CARRIER
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MANY PLANES TIED DOWN ON DECK BI-PLANE TAKES OFF
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1940: NIMITZ AS REAR-ADMIRAL ADDRESSING SAILORS
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LOW ANGLE SHOT OF JAPANESE FLAG BLOWING IN THE WIND
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DECEMBER 6, 1941: JAPANESE NAVY FLEET. JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN CEREMONIAL ATTIRE WITH SWORDS
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS POSING WITH RIFLES
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JAPANESE SHIPS STEAM TOWARD HAWAII FOR ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. LAUNCHING SURPRISE ATTACK
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JAPANESE PLANES TAKE OFF FROM CARRIER
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AERIAL HAWAII.
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PLANES DIVE BOMBING. COMING IN, PLANE DROPPING BOMBS
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EXPLOSIONS
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AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS SUNK IN PEARL HARBOR. USS ARIZONA, DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION
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SIDE VIEW OF NIMITZ
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF NIMITZ ADDRESSING OFFICERS, ALL IN WHITE, SHAKES HANDS WITH OFFICERS
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MAY, 1942. U.S. NAVY FLEET IN THE CORAL SEA. NAVY BATTLES. BATTLESHIPS IN THE WATER
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BOW OF SHIP. SPLASHES OF WATER.
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UNITED STATES PLANES TAKE OFF FROM DECK OF CARRIER
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JAPANESE FLAG, RISING SUN FLAG, WAVES OFF SHIP
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ONE JAPANESE SOLDIER LOOKS THRU NORMAL BINOCULARS.
ONE THRU HUGE BINOCULARS |
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JAPANESE PLANE TAKES OFF
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PLANES IN AIR
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TWO PLANES GOING DOWN
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BATTLESHIPS FIRING
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BLACK SMOKE IN THE AIR
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BATTLE AIR-SEA, LARGE EXPLOSION
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BILLOWING BLACK SMOKE AT SEA
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THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. SHIPS ON THE WATER, POV SHIP
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AMERICAN FLAG BLOWS IN THE WIND OFF SIDE OF SHIP
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SAILORS ON SHIP
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CU SWITCH BEING THROWN "ON"
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CU ALARM SIREN GOES OFF
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PILOTS RUN TO THEIR PLANES
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PLANES START THEIR ENGINES
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CU SAILOR DIRECTING PLANE, WEARING GOGGLES
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PILOT IN COCKPIT GIVES THUMBS UP SIGN. JAPANESE FLAGS PAINTED ON SIDE OF PLANE TO INDICATE HOW MANY HE SHOT DOWN
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PLANE TAKES OFF
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PLANES IN FORMATION, HUGS THE WATER, POV PLANE
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MISSING FALLING, EXPLOSIONS, MAYHEM, BOMBING, POV PLANE
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SHIPS SINKING
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JAPANESE SAILORS SWIMMING IN THE WATER, HOLDING ONTO BROKEN BITS OF SHIPS
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JAPANESE SAILORS AT ATTENTION ON DECK OF SHIP.
JAPANESE FLAG |
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JAPANESE DOING MORNING WORKOUT ON DECK OF SHIP
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JAPANESE SAILORS ON SUB LISTEN TO COMMANDER
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SOLDIERS ON DECK, THEN CHEERING
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BATTLESHIPS AT SEA, 1943: U.S. PACIFIC FLEET BATTLESHIPS
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AMERICAN FLAG ON MAST OF SHIP
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MANY PLANES FLY BY BATTLESHIP GUNS
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MACARTHUR & NIMITZ POINTING AT MAP, PLANNING
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NIMITZ SALUTES SAILORS ON BOAT
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NIMITZ SHAKING SAILORS' HANDS, WALKING ON DECK OF SHIP
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AERIAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. BATTLE OF LEYETE GULF
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BATTLESHIPS CRUISING IN THE WATER
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CU JAPANESE SOLDIER LOOKING THRU BINOCULARS,
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BATTLESHIP GUN TURNS AND CAMERA LOOKS DOWN BARREL
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AMERICAN SAILOR LOOKING THRU VIEW-FINDER
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BATTLESHIP CANNON MONTAGE: RINGED HAND PULLS A TRIGGER
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BATTLE BEGINS, MONTAGE
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JAPANESE COMMANDERS CONSULTING
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TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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JAPANESE SHIP WITH WRITING ON IT
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JAPANESE PLANE TAKES OFF FROM DECK OF CARRIER
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS CHEERING
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PLANE TAKING OFF AIRCRAFT CARRIER
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MORE CHEERING JAPANESE SOLDIERS CU JAPANESE SAILOR YELLING
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JAPANESE PLANES IN AIR, CU, POV PLANE
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SAILORS ON DECK FIRING AT OTHER SHIPS
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PLANE APPROACHES THROUGH GUN FIRE, HEADING RIGHT FOR SHIP
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CU SOLDIER FIRING GUN AT PLANE
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PLANE IS HIT AND EXPLODES
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MORE FIRING, PLANE CRASHES INTO THE WATER
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MEN RUNNING ALL OVER DECK OF SHIPS, MORE EXPLOSIONS
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GUNNER FIRING
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PLANE CRASHES IN BACKGROUND, HAPPY SAILORS LOOK ON IN FOREGROUND, MORE FIGHTING, SHIPS SINKING, ETC., SMOKING SHIP
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ATTACKING JAPANESE CARRIERS
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FIGHTER PLANES RETURN TO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: OUT OF
FUEL, BARELY MAKE IT BACK TO CARRIER, MONTAGE OF BAD LANDINGS, MISSILES FALLING OFF PLANES, SAILORS THROW MISSILE INTO WATER JUST BEFORE IT EXPLODES, ALMOST COMICAL |
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WOUNDED, DEAD PILOTS BEING TENDED TO
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SOLDIER PLAYING TAPS
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DAMAGED PLANE BEING THROWN OVERBOARD
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BURIAL AT SEA: AMERICAN FLAG COVERED COFFINS ON CARRIER DECK. SOLDIERS STANDING OVER THEM. PRIEST MAKING SIGN OF THE CROSS
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BODIES BEING DUMPED OVERBOARD
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SOMBER TROOPS, HANDS AT SIDES PRAYING
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MARCH 1945: INVASION OF OKINAWA.
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PEOPLE ON CARRIER DECK
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BATTLESHIPS FIRING
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SAILORS UP LOOKING FOR PLANES, BINOCULARS
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FLAK-FILLED SKY
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KAMIKAZE PLANES SHOT DOWN, PLANES CRASHING
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BATTLESHIP GUNS, PLANE CRASHES, LONG DISTANCE SHOT OF PLANE NOSE DIVING TO OCEAN
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CU GUNS FIRING, PLANES CRASHING
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CRASHED KAMIKAZE PLANE BEING HOSED DOWN. FLAMES AROUND PLANES
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MEN LOADING INTO LANDING CRAFT, GOING TO SHORE OKINAWA
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SOLDIERS ON SHORE AT OKINAWA, EXPLOSIONS, MAYHEM, JUNGLE
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BATTLE ON OKINAWA. FLAME-THROWER.
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AMERICAN FLAG BLOWING IN THE WIND
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US TROOPS TAKE EMACIATED PRISONERS
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NIMITZ CLIMBS ABOARD AIRPLANE ON WAY TO MANILA
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PLANE LANDS IN MANILA. NIMITZ GETS OFF PLANE, GREETS MACARTHUR
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AUGUST 6, 1945: HIROSHIMA BOMBED, FIRE BALL, DEVASTATION
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NAGASAKI BOMBED
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NIMITZ AND MACARTHUR ABOARD BATTLESHIP MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY. SHAKING HANDS, JAPANESE SURRENDER
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MACARTHUR SIGNS SURRENDER TREATY, JAPANESE WATCH
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NIMITZ SIGNS DOCUMENT
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SHIP COMING INTO NEW YORK HARBOR FOR HOMECOMING.
MANY SAILORS ON BOARD |
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SAILORS SEE LARGE SIGN THAT SAYS 'WELCOME HOME, WELL DONE'
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PEOPLE ON BRIDGE WAVING TO TROOPS IN SHIP BELOW, PEOPLE WAITING, WAVING, SAILORS RUNNING OFF GANG PLANK, PEOPLE REUNITING, KISSING AND HUGGING
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NIMITZ IN REGULAR SUIT, STANDS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN
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NIMITZ RETIRES TO BERKELEY HILLS, NIMITZ PLAYS WITH GRANDCHILD. PICKS ORANGES, CIVILIAN LIFE, CALIFORNIA
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5-STAR SUBMARINE WEATHER VANE TURNS
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NIMITZ LOOKS THRU HUGE BINOCULARS AND OUT AT SEA?
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