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Keywords: 80-G-354635: British tribute to USS Enterprise (CV 6), hero ship of the Pacific war, was paid by the British Board of Admiralty during her initial visit to Europe when she arrived in Southampton to carry 4,500 European veterans homeward as one of the 15 “Magic Carpet” vessels operating in the Atlantic. During ceremonial visit of the Board of Admiralty, A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in an unprecedented ceremony presented the “Big E” with the Admiralty Flag. Shown: One thousand troops being transported to the States, along with members of the crew, stand in formation on flight deck. Photographed received November 23, 1945. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/21). 80-G-354635: British tribute to USS Enterprise (CV 6), hero ship of the Pacific war, was paid by the British Board of Admiralty during her initial visit to Europe when she arrived in Southampton to carry 4,500 European veterans homeward as one of the 15 “Magic Carpet” vessels operating in the Atlantic. During ceremonial visit of the Board of Admiralty, A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in an unprecedented ceremony presented the “Big E” with the Admiralty Flag. Shown: One thousand troops being transported to the States, along with members of the crew, stand in formation on flight deck. Photographed received November 23, 1945. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/21).
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