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| Battleship USS Iowa entering Majuro anchorage, Marshall Islands, the morning of 4 Feb 1944. Note Dazzle Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B. | Men of US 7th Division waiting outside a Japanese blockhouse on Kwajalein while a flamethrower did its work, 4 Feb 1944 |
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| Pilots of 7th Fighter Squadron, Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) Ye Wangfei, Squadron Leader Bill Reed, Xu Huajiang, and Tan Kun at Guilin Airfield, China, 4 Mar 1944 | Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2 | Westward view of No. 12 Prisoner of War compound, Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 4 Feb 1944 |
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