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Wounded German prisoner of war near the Volturno River, Italy, 17 Oct 1943	General Dwight Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Mark Clark studying maps of the Mignano Gap, north of Naples, Italy, 22 Oct 1943

German Weather Station Kurt set up on the Hutton Peninsula, Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland (now Canada) on 22 Oct 1943	Inflatable rubber rafts on the after deck of German U-537 in Martin Bay, Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland (now Canada) on 22 Oct 1943. The rafts were used to take pieces of Weather Station Kurt ashore to the Hutton Peninsula.

Type IXC/40 submarine U-537 at anchor in Martin Bay, Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland (now Canada) on 22 Oct 1943. Crewmen can be seen on deck offloading components of Weather Station Kurt into rubber rafts.	Type IXC/40 submarine U-537 at anchor in Martin Bay, Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland (now Canada) on 22 Oct 1943. The photo is taken from the site of Weather Station Kurt on the Hutton Peninsula.

F4F-4 Wildcats of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-441 on Nanumea Airfield, Ellice Islands, Oct 23, 1943	Australian Sergeant Leonard G. Siffleet of M Special Unit about to be beheaded by Japanese officer Yasuno Chikao, Aitape, New Guinea, 24 Oct 1943

Civilian technician Dr. Kurt Sommermeyer aboard U-537 in the Labrador Sea listening to signals transmitted by Weather Station Kurt (named for Sommermeyer) broadcasting from the Labrador coast, 24 Oct 1943.	A view down 6th street at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, California, 1943. Barracks of Block 19 are on the left, the baseball field is on the right, and Mt Williamson is beyond.

Arm of a Ravensbrück Concentration Camp phosphorus burn experimentation victim, Nov 1943; this photo was used as evidence in the Doctor's Trial of the Nuremberg Trials	Benji Iguchi on a tractor in the agricultural fields at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 1943.

F4U-1 Corsair of Maj RG Owens USMC, Marine Squadron VMF-215 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, late 1943	F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-223 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943

F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-212 at Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, Solomons, Nov 1943	F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft on the flight deck of USS Saratoga, Nov 1943

F6F-3 Hellcat, TBF-1 Avenger, and SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft aboard USS Saratoga in the Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Guayle fields at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, 1943. Guayle was hoped to be an alternative source of latex for making rubber, a project being researched at Manzanar.

Internees lining up for the noon meal at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 1943.	Japanese style tea garden in one of the recreation aeras at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 1943.