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Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 1 of 3.	Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 2 of 3.

Admiral Chester Nimitz, a Texan, hosted an “Old Texas Roundup” on Oahu, Hawaii for all personnel in the Pacific Area who were from Texas; some 40,000 members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, 16 Jan 1944. Photo 3 of 3.	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Lieutenant Colonel George Friedrich von Tempelhoff at Barneville, France, 16 Jan 1944

Commodore Leslie Gehres standing at attention while Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher presents him with the Legion of Merit award, Adak, Alaska, 19 Jan 1944. Photo 1 of 2.	Commodore Leslie Gehres standing at attention while Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher presents him with the Legion of Merit award, Adak, Alaska, 19 Jan 1944. Photo 2 of 2.

On behalf of the United States Navy, Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch receives a plaque from appreciative Solomon Islanders on Guadalcanal, 25 Jan 1944.	Captain Arleigh Burke receiving the Navy Cross from Rear Admiral Arthur Merrill aboard the destroyer Charles Ausburne in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomons, 30 Jan 1944.

Captain Burke introducing Rear Admiral Aaron Merrill to the crew of Charles Ausburne and Claxton during an awards ceremony held on board Charles Ausburne, Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands, 30 Jan 1944	Captain Burke, commanding officer of US Navy Destroyer Squadron 23, Feb 1944

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspecting an Indian volunteer unit in German service in France on the coast of Bay of Biscay, Feb 1944	George Kenney decorating USAAF 3rd Bomb Group airman Jock Henebry, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, Feb 1944

George Kenney decorating USAAF 3rd Bomb Group Captain Dick Walker, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, Feb 1944	German photographer Toni Schneiders with Leica camera, near Nettuno, Italy, Feb 1944

Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Legion of Merit to Chinese 22nd Division commanding officer Major General Liao Yaoxiang, Burma, early 1944	Lucian Truscott at a desk, circa 1944

Map of the Battle of the North Cape, 26 Dec 1943 as published in the Feb 1944 issue of the US Navy’s All Hands magazine.	Pilots of Japanese 253rd Air Group Sadakami Komachi (front row, right), Tetsuzo Iwamoto (rear row, left), Tetsutaro Kumagai (rear row, center), and others, Feb 1944

Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in Arakan, Burma, Feb 1944	Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 7