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#OTD in 1941, 3 sailors met for a drink at a bar in Pearl Harbor. Clifford Olds (right), was on board USS West Virginia when it sank the next morning. When salvage workers found his remains months later, a marked calendar revealed he had lived for 16 days trapped within the ship.

#OTD in 1945, FADM Chester Nimitz arrived in Tokyo Bay on a PB2Y Coronado seaplane to prepare to serve as United States' Representative at the Japanese Surrender ceremonies. USS Missouri, on board which the ceremonies would be held 3 days later, can be seen in the background.

It's #NationalIceCreamDay! On a ship during WWII, two officers were trying to pull rank to cut in line for ice cream when someone barked at them to wait their turn. They turned to see who had dared to rebuke them and saw ADM Halsey waiting in line with the rest of the sailors.

Today is #NationalBikiniDay. The modern version of the two-piece swimsuit by French designer Louis Réard debuted #OTD in 1946. Réard named his creation after the Bikini Atoll where the U.S. was conducting nuclear weapons tests for Operation Crossroads.

#OTD in 1987, Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET was released. The film is based on the semi-autobiographical novel THE SHORT-TIMERS by Gustav Hasford. Hasford served in Vietnam as a combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division during the Tet Offensive. #MovieMonday