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How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended and Profited From Their Harbor

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1935 -- Water taxis run sailors to anchored ships.

1938 -- Navy Landing.

1939 -- Ship is painted with U.S. flag to show neutrality, prior to U.S. entry into WWII.

1940 -- Navy training flight over Terminal Island.

1941 -- U.S. Maritime Service officers.

1945 -- Pier D.

1940s

1945 -- VJ Day on Pine Avenue in Long Beach.

1946

1956 -- USS Philippine Sea at Pier E.

1956 -- The Navy signs a lease with the city of Long Beach.

USS Missouri makes a call in Long Beach.

"Herman the German," now in service in Panama, in red, white and blue.

1996 -- President Bill Clinton speaks at the Naval Station as the U.S. Navy prepares to close it down.

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