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| US Navy SBD Dauntless dive bombers over Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 16-18 Feb 1944 | OS2U Kingfisher recovered by Baltimore after the aircraft rescued downed pilot Lt. George Blair, off Truk, 18 Feb 1944 |
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| Rear Admiral Richmond Turner aboard USS Rocky Mount off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 18 Feb 1944 | US Marines pinned down by Japanese fire, Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 17-21 Feb 1944 |
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| A US Marine dirty after two days of fighting on Eniwetok, Feb 1944 | Katori burning off Truk, Caroline Islands, 19 Feb 1944 |
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| Men of the US Marine Corps 22nd Regiment taking position on Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 17-21 Feb 1944 | A group of US Marines observed as an aircraft above strafed Japanese positions ahead, Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, circa 18-21 Feb 1944 |
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| US Marine Corps Private First Class Faris M. Tuohy drinking a cup of coffee aboard a ship off Eniwetok after two days of fighting, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944 | Map illustrating Operation Catchpole against Eniwetok, Engebi, and Parry Islands of Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, 18-22 Feb 1944 |
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| US Marines advancing on Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 23 Feb 1944; note bayonets fixed on rifles | US Navy map of the central Pacific showing USS Intrepid’s track from 16 Jan to 24 Feb 1944 from Pearl Harbor and back, including the 16 Feb 1944 raid on Truk Atoll (not Chuuk), Caroline Islands. |
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| An American bomb dump in the Marshall Islands, 1944 | Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, General Douglas MacArthur, and Colonel Lloyd Labrbas aboard cruiser Phoenix during bombardment of Los Negros Island, 28 Feb 1944; note 40-mm gun mount in background |
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| General Douglas MacArthur and his acting aide Colonel Lloyd Lehrabas inspecting the results of the heavy naval bombardment on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, 29 Feb 1944 | American M2 howitzer shelling Manus from Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, Mar 1944 |
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| American troops advanced under the cover of M4 Sherman tank 'Lucky Legs II' during mop up operations on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Mar 1944 | Americans stringing telephone wires on a tree, Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, circa 1944 |
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| An open rail carriage carrying Jewish prisoners, Warsaw, Poland, 1944. | Camouflaged German Army Sturmpanzer assault gun and Tiger I heavy tank at Nettuno, Italy, Mar 1944 |
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