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| A Royal Air Force pilot explaining the sighting mechanism of a Spitfire fighter to Former Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes, Darwin, Australia, 1 Nov 1944 | Concord underway in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 1 Nov 1944 |
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| Cruiser USS Houston moored alongside repair ship USS Hector in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, 1 Nov 1944. Houston was getting repairs after two torpedo hits on 14 and 16 Oct 1944 off Formosa (Taiwan). | LCT 952 launching DUKWs full of British Royal Marine commandos, Westkapelle beach, Walcheren Island, the Netherlands, 1 Nov 1944 |
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| Lord Gort taking his position as the High Commission of the British Mandate of Palestine, 1 Nov 1944 | LVT Buffalo amphibians during the invasion of Walcheren Island, the Netherlands, 1 Nov 1944 |
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| Machine gunners of the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, firing the Vickers machine gun in support of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers between Meijel and Liessel, Netherlands, 1 Nov 1944. | United States Navy diagram of the damage inflicted upon Fletcher-class destroyer USS Abner Read following a special attack by a Japanese airplane in Leyte Gulf, Philippines on 1 Nov 1944 that sank the ship. |
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