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| German soldier displaying a certification made to German 1st Paratroop Panzer Division 'Hermann Göring' to transfer artwork from Monte Cassino, Italy to Germany, 4 Jan 1944 | German troops seizing Italian artwork at Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 4 Jan 1944, photo 1 of 3 |
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| German troops seizing Italian artwork at Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 4 Jan 1944, photo 2 of 3 | German troops seizing Italian artwork at Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 4 Jan 1944, photo 3 of 3 |
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| German trucks parked before the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, Italy, 4 Jan 1944; they were about to be used to transfer Italian artwork to Germany | Gregorio Diamare and the ecclesiastical authorities of Monte Cassino abbey giving German Luftwaffe troops the permission to remove artwork for transfer to Germany, 4 Jan 1944, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Gregorio Diamare and the ecclesiastical authorities of Monte Cassino abbey giving German Luftwaffe troops the permission to remove artwork for transfer to Germany, 4 Jan 1944, photo 2 of 2 | Letter from Albert Einstein to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance describing the forces experienced by a torpedo’s firing pin mechanism upon impact with a solid object, 4 Jan 1944, page 1 of 2. |
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| Letter from Albert Einstein to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance describing the forces experienced by a torpedo’s firing pin mechanism upon impact with a solid object, 4 Jan 1944, page 2 of 2. | Missing port rail of Norwegian destroyer HNoMS Stord, damaged in heavy seas during the Battle of the North Cape, Rosyth, Scotland, United Kingdom, 4 Jan 1944. Note depth charge launchers. |
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| Norwegian destroyer HNoMS Stord at Rosyth, Scotland, United Kingdom, 4 Jan 1944 after the Battle of the North Cape. Note churning water from Stord’s reversed port screw. | Norwegian destroyer HNoMS Stord’s commanding officer LtCdr Skule Storheill (left) and his first lieutenant Lt T. Holthe aboard the Stord in Rosyth harbor, Scotland, United Kingdom, 4 Jan 1944 |
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| Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey (left) and Vice Adimral Thomas Kinkaid (right) studying a map of New Guinea aboard Barbey's flagship, 5 Jan 1944 | Sergeant Gordon Davies of Canadian 1st Parachute Battalion on a Welbike in Bulford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 5 Jan 1944 |
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| Erwin Rommel visiting bunkers on the French coast, 7 Jan 1944 | Admiral William Halsey and Vice Admiral John McCain enjoying a lighter moment at an Army and Navy conference in Los Angeles, California, United States, 8 Jan 1944. Note Halsey’s “Aviator Greens” uniform. |
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| LST-68 at Oro Bay, New Guinea, with US Marine casualties returning from Cape Gloucester, New Britain being assisted into WC54 ambulances, 8 Jan 1944 | Launching of submarine Hawkbill, Manitowoc River, Manitowoc, Winconsin, United States, 9 Jan 1944 |
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| Major Victor H Streit, USMC, Operations Officer, 7th Marines planning combat operations on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Jan 10 1944. | The senior staff of the 7th Marines on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Jan 10 1944. Chesty Puller is the second from the left. |
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