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| Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2 | Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Westward view of No. 12 Prisoner of War compound, Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 4 Feb 1944 | Launching of submarine Segundo, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 5 Feb 1944 |
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| Spruance and Nimitz at Kwajalein Island, 5 Feb 1944 | Admiral Chester Nimitz at the US Marine Corps cemetary on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 6 Feb 1944; also present were USMC Colonel Franklin Hart and Major General Harry Schmidt (with dark glasses) |
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| Sikh troops of Indian 7th Division fighting at the Ngakyeduak Pass near Sinzweya, Burma, 6 Feb 1944 | Bow view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944 |
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| Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being prepared for christening and launching, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Note the platform built for the sponsor and other dignitaries. | Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga in her first attempt to be christened (the bottle missed), Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell of Ticonderoga, New York. |
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| Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga in her second and successful attempt to be christened, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. Sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell of Ticonderoga, New York. | Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga sliding down the ways during her launch at Newport News, Virginia, United States, 7 Feb 1944. |
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| Stern view of USS Harder, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Feb 1944 | TBF-1C aircraft having just been jettisoned from USS Coral Sea near Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 7 Feb 1944 |
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| Franklin Roosevelt with USMC pilot Kenneth Walsh at the White House, Washington DC, United States, 8 Feb 1944; note Adm Ernest King, LtGen Alexander Vandegrift, Asst Secretary of Navy Ralph Bard, and Mrs Walsh | Mechanics at Laredo Army Air Field, Texas, US checked a B-24 bomber before its flight, 8 Feb 1944 |
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| Sherman BARV vehicle, Earls Court, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Feb 1944 | USS Langley at anchor in Kwajalein Lagoon, 8 Feb 1944 |
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| USS Saratoga underway in the Marshall Islands area, 8 Feb 1944; note SBD Dauntless and F6F Hellcat aircraft on the flight deck | Wrecked Mikazuki being inspected by USMC personnel, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 8 Feb 1944; note 4.7-inch gun and nearby bomb hole, viewed from searchlight platform |
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