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| Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 12 of 25 | Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 15 of 25 |
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| Officers saluting during the commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943 | The ashes of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto arriving at Kisarazu, Japan aboard battleship Musashi, 23 May 1943 |
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| Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and others at the White House during Trident Conference, Washington DC, United States, 24 May 1943 | Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI, and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing Dambusters Raid at St Vincents Hall, headquarters of No. 5 Group RAF Bomber Command, Grantham, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943 |
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| King George VI inspecting ground crewmen during his visit to No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters) and No. 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943; note Lancaster B Mk I bomber 'Frederick III', the aircraft of Wing Commander Campbell Hopcroft, commanding officer of No. 57 Squadron | King George VI speaking with Flight Lieutenant Les Munro, observed by Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Scampton, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943 |
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| Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below. | Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 2 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below. |
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| Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note Morton's father and Morton's wife Harriet | Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane aboard USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note O'Kane's family |
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| Inspecting North African bases, Winston Churchill attends a USAAF 414th Bombardment Squadron briefing at Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, 31 May 1943; note Brooke, Marshall, Eden | Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell and Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, 31 May 1943 |
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| British General Bernard Montgomery and American Lt General George Patton shake hands at a Tunisian airstrip prior to the Sicily Invasion, mid 1943. I Armored Corps Deputy Commander Geoffrey Keyes is at left. | Generalleutnant Walter Stettner von Grabenhofen of German 1st Mountain Division, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Jun 1943 |
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| George Kenney at the '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943 | George Kenney at the '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943 |
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| German Army Lieutenant General Walter Hoernlein and Colonel General Hermann Hoth visiting troops of the Großdeutschland Division, Russia, Jun 1943 | Jack Heyn of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group working on a photograph enlarger, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943 |
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