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Air Group 81 aircraft parked on the flight deck of USS Wasp arriving at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 24 Dec 1944Bill Hale of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) issuing pay, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944
Air Group 81 aircraft parked on the flight deck of USS Wasp arriving at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 24 Dec 1944Bill Hale of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) issuing pay, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944
Bob Compton and Jack Hedden of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) resting, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944Bomb bay view of Martin B-26 Marauder bombers of the 323rd and 394th Bomb Groups drop 122 tons of bombs in an effort to take down the railroad bridge across the Moselle river at Trier, Germany, 24 Dec 1944.
Bob Compton and Jack Hedden of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) resting, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944Bomb bay view of Martin B-26 Marauder bombers of the 323rd and 394th Bomb Groups drop 122 tons of bombs in an effort to take down the railroad bridge across the Moselle river at Trier, Germany, 24 Dec 1944.
Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffeCatholic mass in the field for members of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944
Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe's Christmas letter to the US 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, Belgium in which he recreated the German surrender demand and his response to itCatholic mass in the field for members of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944
Dennis Collins, Bill Hale, and another man of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) receiving pay, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944Jack Hedden of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944
Dennis Collins, Bill Hale, and another man of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) receiving pay, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944Jack Hedden of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944
Major Gus Edwards of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) eating a field in the field, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944Newly promoted Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz hosting a collection of Third Fleet flag officers aboard battleship USS New Jersey in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, Christmas Eve, 1944.
Major Gus Edwards of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) eating a field in the field, Nalong, Kachin, Burma, 24 Dec 1944Newly promoted Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz hosting a collection of Third Fleet flag officers aboard battleship USS New Jersey in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, Christmas Eve, 1944.
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 7US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 7
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 7US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 7
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 7US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 4 of 7
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 7US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 4 of 7
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 5 of 7US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 6 of 7
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 5 of 7US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 6 of 7
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 7 of 7USS Wasp
US Navy Task Group 38.3 entering Ulithi anchorage in a column following strikes in Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944, photo 7 of 7USS Wasp's No. 3 center line elevator lowering an aircraft below the flight deck, 24 Dec 1944
View aboard USS Wasp during 5-inch/38 caliber gun firing practice, 24 Dec 1944
View aboard USS Wasp during 5-inch/38 caliber gun firing practice, 24 Dec 1944


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Bow of the carrier Ticonderoga on the ways shortly before launching at Newport News, Virginia, United States, Jan 1944. Note the twin gun tubs on the bow that gave rise to the so-called Long-Hull Essex-class.


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