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SBD-6 Dauntless scout bomber of Marine Squadron VMSB-231 in flight over the Pacific, 1944. Note the ASB Radar antenna under the wing.	Six British Royal Navy Corsair fighters flying in formation, Nov 1944

TBM-1C Avengers, SB2C Helldivers, and F6F-5 Hellcats of Air Group 20 are spotted on the forward flight deck of the Fleet Carrier USS Enterprise, Aug-Nov 1944. Note 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns.	Troops of US 85th Division on Mount Verruca, Italy, 1944

US 15th Air Force African-American pilot Captain Wendell Pruitt leaving his ring with his crew chief Staff Sergeant Samuel Jacobs before leaving on a mission in his P-51 Mustang fighter, Nov 1944	US Navy African-American steward's mates drying silverware in the wardroom of carrier USS Ticonderoga, Nov 1944

US Navy pilot Lieutenant J. M. Stubblebine boarding his TBM-3 Avenger torpedo bomber, somewhere in the Pacific aboard USS Ticonderoga, late 1944; note butt of .38 Special revolver and bandolier of 18 cartridges	USS General William Mitchell (AP-114) embarking units of the US 1st Marine Division for returning to the US, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, Nov 1944

USS Intrepid as seen through the 5-inch/38 gun sight of another Essex-class carrier, Nov 1944	USS Iowa, probably off Philippine Islands, Nov 1944

USS Miami, late 1944	USS Pompon in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, late 1944, photo 1 of 2

USS Pompon in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, late 1944, photo 2 of 2	USS Reuben James transiting the Panama Canal at the Gaillard Cut (now known as the Culebra Cut), late Oct 1934.

USS Shangri-La underway, Nov 1945; note Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A; seen in US Navy USS Shangri-La 1944-1946 cruise book	View north from Futa Pass, Firenzuola, Italy, 1944

View of the USS Intrepid flight deck looking aft down the catwalk from the No. 4 5-inch gun mount, 1944-45. Note the arresting cables across the flight deck. Note also the anti-aircraft bursts on the horizon.	WAVES Seaman 2nd Class Mary Swamberger and Seaman 2nd Class Dorothy Gasperi rolling a snowball at the Yeoman Training School, Iowa State College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States, 1944

Young Germans volunteering for military service, Germany, Nov 1944	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