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Enlisted men of the USMC Assistant Division Commander at Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944; note three African-American messmen	Escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launching two F6F Hellcat fighters as replacement aircraft for Task Force 38 aircraft carriers, fall of 1944 in the Philippine Sea. Note the radome on one of the Hellcats.

F4U Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-222 at Renard Field, Russell Islands, Solomons, 1944. Note the National Insignia on the tops of both wings over a year after that practice was discontinued.	F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-223 at Green Island (now Nissan Island), 1944. Note the R4D Skytrain with nose art, rare on Navy or Marine aircraft.

F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-11, the Sundowners, preparing for take off from the USS Hornet (Essex-class), 1944.	F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-11, the ‘Sundowners,’ following a very hard landing on the USS Hornet (Essex-class), 1944.

F6F-5 Hellcats being prepared for take-off aboard the carrier Franklin off Luzon, Philippine Islands, Oct 1944. Note SB2C Helldivers spotted aft.	F6F-5 Hellcats of Air Group 11, the “Sundowners,” warm up on the deck of USS Hornet (Essex-class) in the Philippine Sea, late 1944

George Patton speaking to Ordnance Sergeant Maurice Baker, Oct 1944	German Bf 109 fighters in flight, circa late 1944, photo 1 of 2

German Bf 109 fighters in flight, circa late 1944, photo 2 of 2	German Großdeutschland Division troops on a road at Memel, East Prussia, Germany, Oct 1944; note Panzerfäuste, Kar98k rifles, and grenades

German Großdeutschland Division troops with Panzerfaust at Memel, East Prussia, Germany, late 1944; note grenades in belts	Groundcrew members tending to B-17F Fortress "Berlin Sleeper II" of the 342nd Bomb Squadron at Polebrook Air Base, late 1944. Note small gas powered generator charging up the batteries.

Gunners of the 385th Bomb Group pose in front of B-17F Fortress "Mission Belle" and listen to a word from the Chaplain, James O. Kincannon (“Chaplain Jim”), at Great Ashfield Air Field, England, UK, late 1944.	Hungarian Arrow Cross personnel with a 40mm MAWAG anti-tank gun M1940, Budapest, Hungary, Oct 1944; note 43M rifles and Tiger II tank of German 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion in background

Japanese-American troops in a jeep in the Chambois Sector in France, circa Oct 1944; note anti-decapitation device on front bumper	Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team advancing in trucks, Chambois Sector, France, circa late 1944

Ki-102b Army Type 4 attack aircraft, 1944-1945	Late 1944 photograph of the wreckage left from the scuttling of the French fleet on 27 Nov 1942, Toulon Naval Dockyard, France. Wrecks of the Tartu, Cassard, L’Indomptable, Vautour, and Aigle can be seen.