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"UFOs are reported in north Arkansas; cameras catch none" newspaper clipping

White men in uniform with doctor at desk and men lying in bunk beds in underground room

Underground Hospital Bunks

Trucks parked above underground bunkers with entrances

Underground Hospital Entrance

White doctors lifting a patient up a ladder to an emergency exit

Underground Hospital Exit

Young white men in uniform with sign

Underground Hospital Plan

Single-story brick building surrounded by circular external structure with sign and multistory building in the background

Union National Bank Building

Multistory rectangular buildings on city street

Union National Bank Building

Group of older white women in formal clothing posing at tables in dining hall

Five black men singing at microphone while black woman plays at piano

United Harmonizers

Three white men in suits laughing while using a shovel to break ground with tree and spectators behind them

UAMS Groundbreaking

Aerial view college campus with surrounding buildings

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Side view of long ship underway with shore in the background

USNS Private William H. Thomas

Large ship with two cranes on deck

Large ship with two smoke stacks at sea with sprinkler system operating

USNS General William O. Darby

Large ship with two smoke stacks at sea

USNS General William O. Darby

Multistory brick building with red roof behind trees

Naval ship at sea with "41" on its bow

Battleship with sailors, artillery aerial view cutting through water powerful waves

USS Arkansas BB-33

Large ship with 123 on its bow at sea

USS Admiral E. W. Eberle

Ship anchored at sea

Ship underway with sailors on deck

USS Baxter; 1946

Naval vessels in the water with "Bay of Naples" handwritten on the photo

USS Benton County in Italy

Naval vessel number 400 at sea

USS Bradley County

Naval vessel number 519 at sea

USS Calhoun County

Port with Naval vessel number 170 at dock with cranes taken from another vessel across from it

USS Chicot (AK-170)

photo of Naval vessel labeled "USS Chicot" on card with picture of jumping fish on it

USS Chicot (AK-170)

Naval ship with two smoke stacks arriving in harbor

Naval ship with two smoke stacks underway in bay

Sailors on bow of Naval vessel 695 at sea

Sailors on bow and stern of Naval vessel 695 at sea

USS Cooper, ca. 1944

Aerial view of naval ship underway at sea with four boats on deck

USS Cossatot (AO-77)

Close-up of naval ship at sea with number 77 on its bow and similar ship behind it in the background

USS Cossatot (AO-77)

Row of Naval vessels in bay with shore in the background

Capsized Naval ship sinking into the ocean

USS Crittenden Sinking

Naval vessel 162 anchored in San Francisco Bay

Naval ship at sea with "430" on its bow

Naval ship underway at sea with two carrier ships in the background

Naval vessel number 1174 at sea

USS Grant County

Round "USS Grant County" patch

USS Grant County Insignia

Boats moored at shipping depot with water tower and buildings in the background

Small boat putting out fire on deck of battleship at sea

USS Hoga Fighting Fires

Tug boat pushing Naval vessel with "17" on its bow

Naval ship on water with houses on shore nearby

USS Jack Williams

Soldiers waiting on floating dock to board naval vessel number 845

USS Jefferson County

Naval ship with "849" on its bow

USS Johnson County

Close-up of naval vessel number 859

USS Lafayette County

Vehicles on deck of Naval vessel 887 at sea

USS Lawrence County

Naval vessel number 888 in San Francisco Bay with Golden Gate Bridge in the background

USS Lincoln County

Navy warship at sea with number four on the bow

USS Little Rock

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