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| Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 4 | Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 4 |
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| Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 3 of 4 | Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 4 of 4 |
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| Colonel Merritt Edson and Colonel David Shoup met over Betio tactics, Tarawa Atoll, 23 Nov 1943 | Map depicting the invasion of Makin and Tarawa Atolls, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 |
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| Men and supplies on the beach of Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 | US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 |
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| US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 | US Marines on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 |
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