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Task Force commander Rear Admiral Walden Ainsworth on the fantail of the destroyer USS Fletcher at Espiritu Santo addressing the crew prior to the force’s nighttime shelling of Munda Point, early Jan 1943.	US Navy Mess Attendant First Class Doris Miller speaking during his war bond tour stop at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States, 7 Jan 1943

US Navy Mess Attendant First Class Doris Miller talking with three sailors and a civilian, during his war bond tour stop at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States, 7 Jan 1943	Chinese Ambassador Wei Daoming and US Secretary of State Cordell Hull signing the Treaty for Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China, Washington DC, United States, 11 Jan 1943

V. K. 'Wellington' Koo, Song Ziwen, Hugh Edward Richardson, and Wu Guozhen upon signing of Sino-British Treaty for Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China, Chongqing, China, 11 Jan 1943	General Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, Buna, Australian Papua, 14 Jan 1943

The Anfa House in Casablanca, Morocco, Jan 1943. This house was part of Camp Anfa on the grounds of the Anfa Hotel. Anfa House was Franklin Roosevelt’s residence during the Casablanca Conference.	Thomas Blamey and Robert Eichelberger, Buna, Australian Papua, 14 Jan 1943

Franklin Roosevelt speaking with George Patton, Casablanca, French Morocco, 18 Jan 1943	Lt General George Patton and Vice Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten at Camp Anfa near Casablanca, Morocco, 18 Jan 1943

Major General George Patton and Vice-Admiral Louis Mountbatten at Camp Anfa, near Casablanca, Morocco, 18 Jan 1943. Mountbatten had just presented Britain’s Military Medal to US Army Ranger Sergeant Franklin Koons.	President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill confer with the Combined Chiefs of Staff during the Casablanca Conference at Roosevelt’s Dar es Saada villa in Casablanca, French Morocco, 18 Jan 1943.

US Army Ranger Sergeant Franklin Koons shaking hands with British Vice Admiral Louis Mountbatten immediately following being presented with Great Britain’s Military Medal at Casablanca, French Morocco, 18 Jan 1943	Henri Giraud and Franklin Roosevelt at Casablanca, French Morocco, 19 Jan 1943

Winston Churchill and Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in front of Churchill’s residence in Casablanca, Morocco for the Casablanca Conference, Jan 1943.	Chester Nimitz and William Halsey aboard USS Curtiss at 'Button' Naval Base, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 20 Jan 1943, photo 1 of 2

Chester Nimitz and William Halsey aboard USS Curtiss at 'Button' Naval Base, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 20 Jan 1943, photo 2 of 2	Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Hastings Ismay, and Louis Mountbatten at Churchill's Villa Mirador in Casablanca, Morocco, 20 Jan 1943

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, left, touring Guadalcanal with Adm Nimitz, Adm Halsey, and Army Gen J Lawton Collins, Jan 21, 1943. Apparently no one thought to tell Knox his helmet was on backwards.	Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Casablanca Conference, French Morocco 22 Jan 1943; rear row L to R: Henry Arnold, Ernest King, George Marshall, Dudley Pound, Charles Portal, Alan Brooke, John Dill, Louis Mountbatten