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USS Randolph in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, United States during her shakedown period, 12 Nov 1944. Note camouflage Measure 32 Design 17a. Photographed from escort carrier USS Charger.	A soldier of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regiment, British 43rd (Wessex) Division carrying a PIAT launcher, northwestern Europe, 18 Nov 1944, photo 1 of 2

A soldier of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regiment, British 43rd (Wessex) Division carrying a PIAT launcher, northwestern Europe, 18 Nov 1944, photo 2 of 2	Yasoshima being attacked by US carrier aircraft west of Luzon, Philippine Islands, 25 Nov 1944, photo 1 of 3

2-inch mortar team of 2nd Battalion, UK East Lancashire Regiment near Pinbaw, Dec 1944	A still image taken from a US Navy training film showing the tail ring modification to the Mark XIII torpedo with a sailor holding a break-away wooden tail shroud that will go around it, 1945.

American troops firing M1 Garand rifles near Bastogne, Belgium, circa Dec 1944	As seen from of the USS Hancock, the USS Lexington and USS Yorktown (both Essex-class) are anchored close aboard at Ulithi, late Dec 1944. Note Hancock’s 20mm anti-aircraft guns lining the flight deck.

Clyde Covault of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) cleaning his Thompson submachine gun, Camp Landis, Kachin, northern Burma, Dec 1944	German officers training Volkssturm troops in the use of MP 40 submachine guns, Germany, late 1944

Infantry training in the sand at Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 1944-45. Note the M1 Garand rifle with M1905 bayonet.	PT-196, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 12 (MTBRon 12) astern of PT Boat tender USS Wachapreague, Philippines, late 1944. Note the name “Purple Shaft” just below the windscreen.

Religious service aboard HMS Howe, Sydney, Australia, Dec 1944	Soviet troops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, late 1944

US Army M4 High Speed Tractor towing a captured German 8.8 cm FlaK gun, Ardennes Forest area, Dec 1944	Carrier USS Ticonderoga at anchor in Ulithi Lagoon 8 Dec 1944 with USS Langley (Independence-class) beyond. Note the faded Ms33/10A paint scheme. Ticonderoga’s flight deck is loaded with the planes of Air Group 80.

Machine gun post manned by men of 1st Battalion, 157th Regiment, US 45th Division, Niederbronn-les-Bains, France, 10 Dec 1944; note M1919 Browning machine gun	USS Bennington at anchor in Gravesend Bay, New York, 13 Dec 1944.

A heavily armed German soldier during the Ardennes Offensive, Dec 1944	US 7th Army troops checking a house for snipers, western Germany, 16 Dec 1944