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| Launching of Missouri, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 29 Jan 1944 | PB2Y-3 Coronado aircraft of US Navy squadrons VP-13 and VP-102 in the submarine basin of Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 29 Jan 1944 |
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| 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 |
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| Lieutenant (jg) E. S. Taylor being transferred from USS Murray to USS Coral Sea, 30 Jan 1944 | Men of 697th Field Artillery Battalion firing 240mm howitzer at Mignano, Italy, 30 Jan 1944 |
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| Strike photo of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands taken by aircraft from USS Enterprise, 30 Jan 1944. Note the Kwajalein radio complex in the clearing in the foreground that was a key Japanese listening post in the Pacific. | Strike photo of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands taken by aircraft from USS Enterprise, 30 Jan 1944. Note the rising mushroom cloud from the exploding Japanese ammunition dump. |
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| Strike photo stitched together from photos taken by USS Langley aircraft showing severe damage to the runways and the surrounding areas on Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 30 Jan 1944. | US Marines displaying a captured Japanese flag, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Jan 1944 |
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| British Priest self-propelled gun in action, Anzio, Italy, 31 Jan 1944 | British soldier preparing ammunition for a M7 Priest self-propelled gun, Anzio, Italy, 31 Jan 1944 |
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| 15 cm NbW 41 rocket launcher in wintry terrain, Russia, Jan-Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2 | 15 cm NbW 41 rocket launcher in wintry terrain, Russia, Jan-Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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| 21 cm Mrs 18 heavy howitzer firing at night, Soviet Union, Jan-Feb 1944 | A beach on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944 |
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| A column of German Hornisse/Nashorn tank destroyers on a road, Russia, Jan-Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2 | A column of German Hornisse/Nashorn tank destroyers on a road, Russia, Jan-Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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| A German Army Skijäger (ski trooper) junior officer speaking with his senior officer in a SdKfz. 251/3 halftrack vehicle, Russia, Feb 1944 | A Model 187 Baltimore light bomber of Royal Air Force 223 Squadron flying from Celone, Italy drops bombs on the railway junction at Sulmona, a strategic point on the east-west route across Italy, in February of 1944 |
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