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This comic strip relates to a July 19, 1952, series of multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) over Washington, DC. (National Archives Identifier 595553)

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National Archives photo of a UFO This item was produced or created on June 4, 1964

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A Banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata).  Sunbathing. #snakes #reptiles #wildlife #watersnakes

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"The Covered Wagon of the Great Western Migration. 1886 in Loup Valley, Nebr." A family poses with the wagon in which they live and travel daily during their pursuit of a homestead.

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, 1944

D-Day practice landing. US Coast Guard-manned vessels and US troops taking part in a practice landing at Slapton Sands, Devon, UK, in preparation for the D-Day landings. This beach was used from December 1943 by US troops preparing to land on Utah Beach. The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest seaborne invasion in history. They successfully liberated the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied France, contributing to the Allied victory in World War II. During the landings, the Allied force of some 156,000 (from the UK, USA and Canada) took some 12,000 casualties and suffered more than 4000 dead.

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Battle of Midway. Artwork of US dive bombers attacking Japanese aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean on 4 June 1942, during World War II. This is the attack by a squadron of Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers (blue) on three of the the four aircraft carriers sent to attack Midway Atoll. Japanese Zero fighters (green) are defending the ships, but the Japanese had been caught unawares as the aircraft were refitted with bombs for use on land targets. All three carriers shown here, Soryo, Kaga, and Akagi, were sunk. The battle was a decisive victory for the USA, and a turning point in the struggle to control the Pacific

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Lake of the Ozarks on a cloudy stormy day.

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Chicken Cesar salad