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80-G-46614: Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal presents to Lieutenant Commander Joseph H. Gibbons, Jr., USNR, a Presidential Unit Citation

80-G-46614: Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal presents to Lieutenant Commander Joseph H. Gibbons, Jr., USNR, a Presidential Unit Citation for clearing lanes on the heavily mined Normandy shoreline for a landing force of Allied troops on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Released September 27, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07).
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Caption: Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal presents to Lieutenant Commander Joseph H. Gibbons, Jr., USNR, a Presidential Unit Citation for clearing lanes on the heavily mined Normandy shoreline for a landing force of Allied troops on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Released September 27, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07).
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