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Marine Pfc C.H. McClure servicing the three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the right wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter on Bougainville, Dec 9, 1943	F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-216 at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943.

F4U-1A Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-216 at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943.	Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) of 48th Highlanders of Canada regiment at San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 Dec 1943; the soldiers were, left to right, Sergeant J. T. Cooney, Private A. R. Downie, Private O. E. Bernier, Private G. R. Young, Corporal T. Fereday, and Private S. L. Hart

An American surgeon operated on a soldier wounded by Japanese sniper fire, Bougainville, 13 Dec 1943	German submarine U-172 under attack by Lt(jg) James Ogle from Composite Squadron VC-19 flying from USS Bogue, 13 Dec 1943. Note approaching destroyer, probably USS Osmond Ingram.

B-25 Mitchell bomber of 71st Bomb Squadron of US 38th Bomb Group flying low above a Japanese transport during a raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943; photograph taken from the B-25 aircraft piloted by Frank Cecil	Cape Gloucester Air Strip No. 2 being bombed by American aircraft in preparation for invasion, New Britain, Dec 1943

Richmond Kelsey (far left), Douglas MacArthur (second from left), Amor Sims (second from right), and others studying a relief map of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 14 Dec 1943	M4 Sherman tank and men of the US 1st Marine Division on the beach of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943

Tanks of Company B, US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion at Arawe, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943	Troops of the US Army 112th Cavalry Regiment (Texas National Guard) landing at Arawe, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943; note LVTs and M1 Garand rifles

US Army LCI landing craft moving toward Cape Gloucester as smoke screened Target Hill and the beaches, New Britain, Dec 1943	US Marines moving ashore at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943

Japanese Army corporal Shigeto being dug out of his burrowed defensive position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa mid-Dec 1943	LST-66 landing troops during the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943

M4 Sherman tank and men of the US 1st Marine Division moving toward the airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943	Mortar men of US 1st Marine Division firing against a Japanese artillery position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa 15-25 Dec 1943

United States Coast Guard-manned LST beaching at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Islands, Dec 1943	B-24D Liberator 'The Gremlin/Sexy Sue II Mother of Ten' of the 98th Bomb Squadron crash landed on Makin Island (now Butaritari), Gilbert Islands after battle damage over Mille Atoll (now Mili), Dec 18, 1943