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WAVES Storekeeper 2nd Class Francella Leigh, Yeoman 2nd Class Patricia McRae, and Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Suzanne Hosmer en route to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Jan 1945 | Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (right) congratulating Victoria Cross recipient Sgt George Eardley, 2 Jan 1945. Sgt Eardley received the Victoria Cross for extreme heroism east of Overloon, Netherlands on 16 Oct 1944. |
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Cargo train under aerial attack by USS Wasp aircraft, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945 | Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 1 of 6 |
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Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 2 of 6 | Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 3 of 6 |
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Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 4 of 6 | Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 5 of 6 |
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Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 6 of 6 | M36 Jackson tank destroyer, camouflaged in white, operating near Dudelange, Luxembourg, 3 Jan 1945 |
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Members of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) at a village between Ningpawn and Pranglui, Burma, 3 Jan 1945 | Passenger train under aerial attack by USS Wasp aircraft, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945 |
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Taichu Airfield under attack by USS Ticonderoga carrier aircraft, Taichu (now Taichung), Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 1 of 3 | Taichu Airfield under attack by USS Ticonderoga carrier aircraft, Taichu (now Taichung), Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 2 of 3 |
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Village at Franglui, northern Burma, 3 Jan 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) | Burning escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay as seen from sister ship USS Steamer Bay, 4 Jan 1945, Sulu Sea, Philippines. Ommaney Bay had been struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft and was later scuttled. |
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DeHavilland Mosquito F8 in United States service with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Langley Research Center, Virginia, United States, 4 Jan 1945. | Escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay on fire after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in the Sulu Sea, Philippines, 4 Jan 1945. The destroyer USS Patterson can be seen approaching to help. |
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Melvin Hoffman of the 82nd Fighter Squadron made the best landing he could under the circumstances in his P-51D Mustang at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK; Jan 4 1945. Note oil covering the windscreen and engine cowling. | Private Booker Davis of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of the 558th Ambulance Company, US First Army filling a WC54 ambulance with gasoline, Belgium, 4 Jan 1945 |