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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installation Command, delivers remarks during the 70th anniversary ceremony commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. May 1, 2012. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May of 1942 and was a major air and naval engagement of World War II.

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installation Command, delivers remarks during the 70th anniversary ceremony commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. May 1, 2012. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May of 1942 and was a major air and naval engagement of World War II.

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installation Command, delivers remarks during the 70th anniversary ceremony commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. May 1, 2012. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May of 1942 and was a major air and naval engagement of World War II.

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