1940-1959MILITARY
LORAN (LONG RANGE NAVIGATION) SYSTEM WHICH ENABLES SHIPS & PLANES TO NAVIGATE WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCURACY. COAST GUARDSMEN MAN STATIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WORLD.
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CU MOVIE REEL PROJECTOR ROLLING.
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ZOOM AWAY COAST GUARD OFFICERS WATCHING MOVIE IN DARK ROOM.
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B&W MOVIE SHOWS LORAN SYSTEM IN ACTION DURING WWII & PEACE TIME.
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CU NAVAL OFFICER OPENING SAFE. PULLS OUT TITLED "LORAN TABLES".
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WWII CONVOY AT SEA.
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BOMBERS IN FLIGHT.
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AERIAL VIEW NORMANDY INVASION.
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SAILOR MANNING LORAN SYSTEM CONTROLS DURING WWII.
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ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW HOW "LORAN" WORKS.
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FILM ENDS & LIGHTS GO ON. COAST GUARD OFFICERS CHAT ABOUT LORAN SYSTEM.
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LORAN SYSTEM IN ARCTIC, GREENLAND.
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TWO MEN PULLING CABLES ACROSS BARREN, WIND-BLOWN, ICE-COVERED AREA IN ARCTIC.
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MEN SHOVELLING OUT OF LORAN STATION COMPLETELY COVERED BY SNOW.
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LONG LINE OF TELEPHONE POLES ALONG LONG STRETCH OF BARREN ROAD.
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ABOVE VIEW ASREA AS ICE FIELDS BREAK UP & SNOW BANKS MELT IN AUGUST.
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LORAN STATION BUILDINGS NEAR COAST LINE.
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COAST GUARD ICE-BREAKER SHIP SAILING IN TOWARDS STATION.
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CU COAST GUARDSMEN IN ARCTIC GARB LOOKING OUT TO SEA
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WATCH SHIP WITH RELIEF CREW COME IN
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LORAN STATION ON SHORE AS SEEN FROM SHIP.
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LANDING CRAFT IS GREETED BY LONE GUARDSMAN AS IT PULLS INTO BEACH.
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TWO ESKIMOS WATCH SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED FROM CRAFT.
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MEN IN ARCTIC WEAR UNLOAD SUPPLIES & PRODUCE OFF LANDING CRAFT ONTO TRUCK.
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TRUCK WITH TRACTOR THREADS ROLLS AWAY ON MUD
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DIRECTIONAL ARROW ON SIGN POINTS TO VARIOUS PLACES & THEIR DISTANCES
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VARIOUS VIEWS CRATES OF SUPPLIES.
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MEN UNLOAD CARTONS FROM WOOD CRATES.
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LONG ROW OF CABINETS CONTAINING INVOICES OF GOODS RECEIVED.
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SHELVES WITH GOODS.
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SAILOR WALKS FROM ONE FUEL OIL TANK TO ANOTHER ON PLATFORM SPANNING ACROSS BOTH
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CABLES ATTACHED TO BUILDINGS ANCHORED IN GROUND TO PROTECT THEM FROM HIGH WINDS.
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SMALL ICEBERGS FLOATING OFF SHORE.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS AREA COVERED IN SNOW WITH DRIFTS DURING WINTER MAKEING LIFE IMPOSSIBLE OUTDOORS.
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| 00:08:20 440 |
SAILOR INSIDE WARM & SNUG STATION REC ROOM. LOOKS THROUGH RECORD LIBRARY & SELECTS ALBUM
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CU 33RMP RECORD BEING PLAYED.
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SAILOR SITS BACK & LIGHTS UP CIGARETTE.
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TWO SAILORS, ONE SMOKING PIPE, PLAY SHUFFLE BOARD.
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CU SHUFFLE BOARD.
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TWO SAILORS PLAYING GAME OF CHECKERS.
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CU HANDS MAKING MOVES ON CHECKERBOARD.
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SAILOR PICKS OUT PAPERBACK BOOK FROM LIBRARY SHELF. WITH PIPE IN MOUTH, LEANS BACK TO READ.
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CHIEF PETTY OFFICER & MATE BOARD PLANE FOR PACIFIC ISLAND LORAN STATION VIA HAWAII.
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CU SPINNING PROPS ON PLANE IN FLIGHT.
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POV PILOT. AERIAL VIEW HAWAII. PLANES WING IN FRGD.
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COAST GUARD STATION
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TWO MEN IN BATHING SUITE JUMP OFF REEFS INTO OCEAN.
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ABOVE VIEW WAVES POUNDING ROCKY SHORE.
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TWO MEN WEARING SCUBA MASKS DIVE UNDER WATER.
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GROUPS OF SAILORS HAVING COFFEE BREAK, CHATTING OUTSIDE BARRACKS.
PUPPY ON ONE'S LAP. |
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SIGN ABOVE BARRACK'S ENTRANCE: "THROUGH THESE PORTALS PASS MORE MEN THEN WOMEN"
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SHIRTLESS SAILORS PLAYING BILLIARDS OUTDOORS.
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SAILORS WORK ON LEATHER ETCHING PROJECT. LARGE MURAL OF OCEAN &
WARSHIP AT SEA ON WALL IN BKGD. |
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MULTI-TATTOOED, SHIRTLESS SAILOR TAKES SHOT ON POOL TABLE
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CU SAILOR SEWING WITH NEEDLE & THREAD.
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PICTURESQUE SUNSET ON HORIZON OFF ISLAND OF KWAJALEIN.
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CU SIGN: "U. S. COAST GUARD LORAN TRANSMITTER STATION, EBEYE, KWAJALEIN ATOLL".
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SAILORS BEGIN DAY WITH FLAG-RAISING CEREMONIES.
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CU OFFICER SALUTING.
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CU U.S. FLAG RAISING, BLOWING IN WIND, PALM TREE BRANCH IN FRGD.
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CU SAILORS AT ATTENTION.
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OFFICER SUPERVISES AS NATIVE MEN CUT WEEDS AROUND STATION WITH MACHETES & SICKLES. HOT NATIVE STOPS TO WIPE BROW.
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NATIVE CHILDREN PLAY & RIDE BIKE IN NEARBY VILLAGE.
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NATIVE VILLAGE ALONG BEACH.
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SAILOR CHECKS WATER TANKS WHICH ARE FILLED BY COLLECTING RAIN WATER FROM ROOFS ON ISLAND.
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SAILORS RUN IN ALL DIRECTIONS DURING EMERGENCY ANTENNA DRILL.
ANTENNA ARE CHECKED IN CASE OF STORM DAMAGE. |
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SAILORS & BARKING DOGS RUN TO STORAGE BIN TO CHECK SPARE ANTENNAS.
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VARIOUS SCENES SAILORS PREPARE & RAISE EMERGENCY ANTENNAS.
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SAILOR OPENS CONTROL SHACK. CHECKS OUT & ADJUSTS ANTENNA CONTROLS AS ANOTHER CALLS TRANSMITTER ROOM.
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CU SAILOR ON PHONE.
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CU GAUGE BEING SET
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MAN TOSSES HORSE SHOE TOWARDS CAMERA WHILE ANOTHER AWAITS HIS TURN DURING GAME OF HORSESHOES.
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CU MAN TOSSING HORSE SHOE.
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TWO MEN IN BATHING SUITS PUTTING SCUBA FLIPPERS ON FEET.
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CU MAN ADJUSTS FACE MASK WITH SNORKEL.
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NATIVE CHILDREN BUILDING SAND CASTLES ON BEACH AT WATER'S EDGE
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TWO SAILORS SNORKELING, DIVE UNDER WATER.
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STORM CLOUDS FORMING & THUNDER HEARD
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WIND-BLOWN U.S. FLAG, PALM TREES.
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DARK CLOUDS, THUNDER.
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SIGN "U.S. COAST GUARD LORAN STATION" AT SAIPAN.
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MAN SEATED AT CONTROL PANEL JUMPS UP AS ALARM SOUNDS. LIGHTS GO OUT, RUNS OUT OF BUILDING
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OTHERS RUNNING FROM BARRACKS
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RUNS INTO GENERATOR ROOM & STARTS EMERGENCY GENERATOR.
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CU GENERATOR PROPELLER SPINS. ANOTHER GENERATOR IS STARTED.
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CU TECHNICIAN'S FACE AS HE WATCHES GAUGES.
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CU GAUGES.
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SETS SWITCHES WHEN GAUGES REACH PROPER READINGS.
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LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN
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MAN RUNS BACK TO HIS SEAT AT CONTROL PANELS.
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SIGN ATTACHED TO TREE: "SAIPAN GOLF CLUB".
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MAN WALKS BY SIGN CARRYING GOLF CLUBS.
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MAN PULLS OUT GOLF CLUB FROM BAG & PLACES BALL ON GROUND. TEES OFF.
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CU BALL ON TEE, TEE REMAINING AFTER BALL IS HIT.
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CU GOLFER, TEETH BITING INTO CIGAR AS HE WATCHES BALL IN FLIGHT.
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CU SAILOR PAINTING
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VARIOUS VIEWS SAILOR SCRAPING OFF RUST, THEN PAINTING CABLES.
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OFFICER OFFICIATES AT SAILOR'S GOATEE CONTEST.
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PUTS SIGN AROUND MAN'S NECK: "BEAST".
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CU ANOTHER: "HE TRIED HARD".
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CU SIGN: "U.S. COAST GUARD LORAN TRANSMITTER STATION, OSHIMA HONSHU, JAPAN".
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TILT UP LARGE PINE TREE PECULIAR IN GROWTH TO JAPAN.
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CU TRAFFIC LIGHT
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PAN TO LORAN STATION BUILT AT FORMER JAPANESE ARMY REST CAMP
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SAILOR REPAIRING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ON CONTROL PANEL.
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CU USING SOLDERING GUN.
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SAILORS TEST HAM RADIO RECEIVER.
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CU SAILOR SPEAKS OVER HAND-HELD MICROPHONE.
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SAILOR LISTENING WITH EAR PHONES.
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SAILOR WRITING LETTER HOME.
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CU PHOTO GIRLFRIEND.
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SAILOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAPANESE PAGODA.
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VIEW IMPERIAL PALACE IN TOKYO. MODERN BUILDINGS, TRAFFIC IN BKGD.
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GAUGE MODERN STADIUM.
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SAILOR WALKING WITH JAPANESE PEDESTRIANS AT BUSY INTERSECTION IN TOKYO. TROLLEYS IN BKGD.
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SAILOR LOOKS UP AT STREET SIGN: "GINZA AVE"
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JAPANESE PEOPLE IN MODERN DRESS CROSS INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS DISTRICT.
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JAPANESE POLICEMAN DIRECTING CHAOTIC TRAFFIC. BUSES, AUTOS CIRCLE AROUND HIM IN ALL DIRECTION. AUTO TRAFFIC ON NARROW STREET IN BUSINESS DISTRICT.
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SAILOR WINDOW SHOPPING.
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VARIOUS SCENES SAILOR TAKES PHOTOS PF STREET DECORATIONS &
ACTIVITIES DURING HOLIDAY SEASON IN TOKYO. |
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SAILOR STOPS AT JAPANESE BETTER TEA HOUSE
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GIRL IN TRADITIONAL GEISHA WEAR HAS HIM LEAVE SHOES OUTSIDE
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CU PLACES SHOES NEXT TO SLIPPERS ON GROUND.
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SAILOR SEATED AT TABLE ON FLOOR ENJOYS TEA AS GIRL KNEELS & BOWS NEXT TO HIM
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CU TEACHES HIM USE OF CHOP STICKS.
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CU SCOOPS UP RICE WITH STICKS.
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SAILORS AT MESS HALL HELP THEMSELVES TO FOOD SMORGASBORD STYLE, BUFFET
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CU SAILORS HAND SCOOPING UP TURKEY SLICES & SWEET POTATOES WITH FORK
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FOUR SAILORS DINE & CHAT AT TABLES FOR FOUR.
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CU SAILOR BITES INTO MEET AROUND BONE.
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OFFICER DOING CLERICAL WORK AT DESK. USES ADDING MACHINE.
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SMALL LORAN GROUP STAND AT ATTENTION OUTDOORS AS ONE OF THEM IS PROMOTED TO CHIEF.
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PROMOTEE REMOVES HIS SAILOR HAT & IS GIVEN OFFICER HAT BY COMMANDING OFFICER.
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MEN CONGRATULATE HIM AFTER CEREMONY.
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