29,188 items in this album on 1,460 pages.
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| M36 Jackson tank destroyers of 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, US 82nd Airborne Division en route to attack a German position near Werbomont, Belgium, 20 Dec 1944 | Map depicting the western front of the European War, 20 Dec 1944 |
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| Memorandum of Commendation to “All Hands” of destroyer escort USS Tabberer from her commanding officer, LtCdr Henry Plage, commending them for their performance in the recent typhoon and subsequent rescue work. | Men of US 28th Infantry Division marching down a street in Bastogne, Belgium, 20 Dec 1944 |
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| Ruins of Odinstårnet (Odin Tower), destroyed by Danish Nazi saboteurs, Odense, Denmark, post-14 Dec 1944 | Troops of US 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion, all vehicles lost in combat, manning the front line near Bastogne, Belgium, 20 Dec 1944 |
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| African-American US Navy WAVE Lt. (jg) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills posing at their quarters at Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, 21 Dec 1944 | F4U-1 Corsair fighter of No. 16 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force being serviced at Green Island (now Nissan Island), 21 Dec 1944 |
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| F4U-1 Corsair fighter of No. 16 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force being towed at Green Island (now Nissan Island), 21 Dec 1944 | Officers and men of No. 3 Servicing Unit Headquarters of Royal New Zealand Air Force posing with a F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Green Island (now Nissan Island), 21 Dec 1944 |
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| Pilots R. Devin, T. W. Tremayne, F. McBride, and P. J. Sheehan of No. 16 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force with a F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Green Island (now Nissan Island), 21 Dec 1944 | USS Ancon off Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, 21 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 3; note Measure 31a, Design 18Ax camouflage |
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| USS Ancon off Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, 21 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 3; note Measure 31a, Design 18Ax camouflage | USS Ancon off Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, 21 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3; note Measure 31a, Design 18Ax camouflage |
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| 38 of the 41 officers and men from the USS Hull rescued by the USS Tabberer gathered on Tabberer’s quarterdeck after arrival at the Ulithi anchorage, 22 Dec 1944. | All 14 men from the USS Spence rescued by the USS Tabberer gathered on Tabberer’s quarterdeck after arrival at the Ulithi anchorage, 22 Dec 1944. |
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| Burmese civilian with men and mules of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Kachin, Burma, late Dec 1944 | Destroyer escort USS Tabberer at Ulithi showing that she had been dismasted by Typhoon Cobra, 22 Dec 1944. |
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| Lieutenant Pat Murphy, Lieutenant Dickinson, and Sergeant Galewicz of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) resting, Kachin, northern Burma, late Dec 1944 | Flight deck crew chief giving taxiing instructions to a just-landed TBM-1C Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 81 aboard USS Wasp, 23 Dec 1944; the aircraft had just returned from searching for Typhoon Cobra survivors |
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