27,411 items in this album on 1,371 pages.
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At Nimitz’ headquarters in Pearl Harbor are VAdm William Calhoun, VAdm John Towers, Adm Chester Nimitz, VAdm Robert Ghormley, and VAdm Aubrey Fitch, 14 Nov 1943. All but Nimitz were classmates at the Naval Academy. | An American aircraft carrier deck crewman resting between aircraft landings, off Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa Nov 1943 |
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Carrier Kaiyo off Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan immediately before she entered naval service as an escort carrier, 15 Nov 1943 | Cuttlefish off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 3 |
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Cuttlefish off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 3 | Cuttlefish off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Nov 1943, photo 3 of 3 |
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Instrument Panel of a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, Nov 15, 1943 | US Marines aboard a US Coast Guard-manned transport while they traveled for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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German Army Oberleutnant Wilhelm Knauth receiving the Knight's Cross award in front of a Tiger I heavy tank, Russia, 17 Nov 1943 | B-24D Liberator of the 42nd Bomb Squadron being loaded with fragmentation bombs at Funafuti, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nov 18 1943. |
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Battleship Colorado firing her after 16-in guns at Japanese positions at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943; note crewmen were not in battle dress, so photo might be taken during practice | Hyuga running post-conversion sea trials, 19 Nov 1943 |
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Men of US Army 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion playing a football game, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, United States, 19 Nov 1943 | Admiral William Halsey and Commander Joseph Clifton at a party for officers at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, circa Nov 1943 |
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American soldier standing in a Japanese-built bunker at Red Beach, Gander Point, Makin, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943 | Battleship Colorado bombarding Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943; note Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D |
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Battleship USS Maryland firing her main guns in the pre-invasion bombardment of Tarawa, 20 Nov 1943. Task Force commander, Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill, at left edge of photo looking through binoculars. | Bow view of USS Gar at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 20 Nov 1943 |
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Bruce Fraser pouring rum into the Christmas pudding mix aboard HMS Duke of York, late Nov 1943; note Director of WRNS V. Laughton-Matthews in background | Captured Japanese 8-in gun emplacement, which was previously captured from the British at Singapore; Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 20 Nov 1943; photo 1 of 2 |
27,411 items in this album on 1,371 pages.