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SB2C-3 Helldiver from USS Hornet (Essex-class) overflying burning tanker Kyokuun Maru heading for the beach in French Indochina (Vietnam) north of Qui Nhon after being attacked by 175 USN carrier planes, Jan 12, 1945	Strike photo from USS Lexington (Essex-class) aircraft showing Japanese shipping burning furiously off Cape Padaran, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.

Strike photo from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) aircraft showing burning oil storage tanks on the banks of the Mekong River in Saigon, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	Strike photo of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver from USS Hancock over burning Japanese merchant ships off French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.

Strike photo taken from a Wasp (Essex-class) aircraft showing an attack on the Tan Son Nhut airfield near Saigon, French Indochina (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	TBM-1C Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 4 from USS Essex crossing the Indochinese coast (Vietnam) on their wat to bomb shipping in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), 12 Jan 1945.

The first convoy to use new Ledo Rd at Mile Zero marker at the railhead of Ledo, India, Jan 12, 1945. The Ledo Road connected with the old Burma Road as part of the effort to truck supplies to Kunming, China	US Army Signal Corps Technical Sergeant Harry A. Downard looking at a killed paratrooper of US 101st Airborne Division, near Bastogne, Belgium, 12 Jan 1945

USS Essex strike photo of a Japanese freighter just after being struck by a torpedo in the port bow off Cap St Jacques, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. This ship would take two more torpedoes before sinking	USS Essex strike photo of badly damaged Japanese tanker and freighter off Cap St Jacques, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. Both ships would take even more damage before sinking.

USS Essex strike photo of burning oil storage tanks at Saigon, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	USS Essex strike photo of the former French cruiser La Motte-Picquet capsized in Saigon Harbor, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. The cruiser’s turrets and superstructure were previously removed

USS Essex strike photo showing shipping under attack in Saigon Harbor, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	Photo from USS Essex showing Fleet Oiler USS Aucilla riding the rough seas that made refueling operations impossible, 13 Jan 1945. USS Ticonderoga is seen beyond.

USS Langley in heavy seas in the South China Sea in the morning of 13 Jan 1945. Note the trailing USS Washington riding the storm much better.	Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery standing in a Jeep while addressing American troops in Devon, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jan 1945. The bare-headed soldiers suggest this was a worship or memorial service.

Helldiver aircraft over Hornet, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945, photo 1 of 2	Helldiver aircraft over Hornet, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945, photo 2 of 2

SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft of VB-7 from USS Hancock in flight, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945	Underside view of B-24L Liberator “Flying Ass” of the 451st Bomb Group just prior to bomb release over railroad yards in Vienna, Austria, 15 Jan 1945.