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Today in Military History -- 1941
In another act of providence leading up to the attack at Pearl Harbor, the carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) steams from Pearl Harbor to deliver aircraft to Midway, thus avoiding the attack of 7 Dec 1941.
In another act of providence leading up to the attack at Pearl Harbor, the carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) steams from Pearl Harbor to deliver aircraft to Midway, thus avoiding the attack of 7 Dec 1941.
USS_Lexington_(CV-2)
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Naval Historical Foundation
WWII World War Two
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That definitely WAS an act of providence, because more lives and equipment would have been lost if they had been in port. Thank you for the piece of history Colonel!
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We were lucky if I can use that word to describe something that still had so many deaths and so much destruction
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