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    USS Eldorado (AGC-11) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after a mountain range in Nevada. The ship was designed as an amphibious...
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    m. (On February 25, during a CBS press interview aboard the flagship USS Eldorado about the flag-raising, Thomas stated that he, Schrier, and Hansen had...
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  • Holland Smith aboard Navy Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner's flagship the USS Eldorado (AGC-11) about the flag raising on Mount Suribachi. On February 25, Platoon...
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    had landed. About 40,000 more would follow. Aboard the command ship USS Eldorado, Smith saw the lengthy casualty reports and was briefed on the slow progress...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11). Brown, Rodney (2019). Iwo Jima Monuments, The Untold Story...
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    the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam War. Williams was the commanding officer of the command ship USS Eldorado between September 1969...
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    class: MC type C2-S-AJ1 USS Mount McKinley (LCC-7) USS Eldorado (LCC-11) USS Estes (LCC-12) Adirondack class USS Pocono (LCC-16) USS Taconic (LCC-17) Blue...
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    Corps General Holland Smith studied reports aboard the command ship USS Eldorado. He was especially stunned that Kuribayashi's men had never attempted...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag" Brown, Rodney (2019)...
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    Vietnam. The one LCC was USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) and the three AGCs were USS Eldorado (AGC-11), USS Estes (AGC-12) and USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7). 1971...
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    Luzon 16 September.[clarification needed] She relieved its sister ship, USS Eldorado, at Subic Bay a week later, becoming flagship of the 7th Fleet, Amphibious...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag" The Man Who Carried...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag" Brown, Rodney (2019)...
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  • Holland Smith aboard Navy Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner's flagship the USS Eldorado (AGC-11) about the flag raising on Mount Suribachi. On February 25, Platoon...
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  • two reinforced amphibious squadrons and the amphibious command ship USS Eldorado (AGC-11). The Panama Canal was closed to commercial shipping and on 5...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado: "Three of us actually raised the flag" Brown, Rodney (2019). Iwo Jima...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag" Brown, Rodney (2019)...
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    film. On February 24, Schrier ordered Thomas to report to the flagship USS Eldorado (AGC-11) the next morning to meet with Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner...
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    25 September 1945. With the outbreak of the Korean war in June 1950, USS Eldorado (AGC-11) was ordered to the Far East. As flagship for Rear Admiral Lyman...
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  • Thumbnail for Harlon Block
    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag" Brown, Rodney (2019)...
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  • according to Sgt. Thomas who did a CBS news interview aboard the flagship USS Eldorado (AGC-11) after meeting with Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner and Lieutenant...
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  • by CBS radio broadcaster Dan Pryor on February 25, 1945, aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag". Brown, Rodney (2019)...
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    command of Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner aboard amphibious command ship Eldorado. Son of a Confederate army general, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr...
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    Hansen, raised the flag (Thomas was ordered to report aboard the flagship USS Eldorado on February 25, and during an interview with a CBS radio broadcaster...
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    October as scheduled.The division's advance command post opened aboard USS Eldorado on 16 October. X Corps troops began loading on 19 October. X Corps requested...
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    (ID-4510) USS Elba (AG-132/AKL-3) USS Elbour Bay (ACV-66, CVE-102) USS Elcano (PG-38) USS Elden (DE-264) USS Elder (YN-15/AN-20) USS Eldorado (AGC-11/LCC-11)...
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    with flag raiser Ernest "Boots" Thomas on February 25, 1945 aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag" [3] abc News 7, May...
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    interviewed by CBS broadcaster Dan Pryor on February 25, 1945, aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11): "Three of us actually raised the flag". USMC Statement on Marine...
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    then the United States Naval Academy from 1927 to 1931. Hooper served on USS Pensacola (CA-24) from 1931 to 1936. In 1934, he married Elizabeth Withers...
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    relayed from transmitters aboard USS Eldorado through KU5Q to the mainland U.S. Recordings of the surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri on September 2, 1945...
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