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References
- Jeffrey G., Barlow (2009). From Hot War to Cold: The U.S. Navy and National Security Affairs, 1945–1955. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-080475-666-2. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- http://www.seabeecook.com/history/25th_ncr/activities_of_the_25th_ncr/appendxa.htm - shows Task Forces of Twelfth Fleet which took part in the Normandy landings.
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