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USS ABSD-1 with USS LSM-67 and USS LSM-218 in the dock, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 17 Nov 1944	USS ABSD-1 with USS LSM-67, USS LSM-218, USS LSM-269, and USS LSM-219 in the dock, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 17 Nov 1944, photo 1 of 2

USS ABSD-1 with USS LSM-67, USS LSM-218, USS LSM-269, and USS LSM-219 in the dock, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 17 Nov 1944, photo 2 of 2	A soldier of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regiment, British 43rd (Wessex) Division carrying a PIAT launcher, northwestern Europe, 18 Nov 1944, photo 1 of 2

A soldier of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regiment, British 43rd (Wessex) Division carrying a PIAT launcher, northwestern Europe, 18 Nov 1944, photo 2 of 2	Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 18 Nov 1944; note lowered forward elevator and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft on the flight deck

Bow view of USS Pompon off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 18 Nov 1944	Port view of USS Pompon off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 18 Nov 1944

Stern view of USS Pompon off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 18 Nov 1944	US Army Pfc. Carl Anker, Pfc. Edmund Dill, and Sgt. Ted Bailey sharing the contents of the care package sent by Dill's wife for the Christmas holiday, somewhere in Europe, 18 Nov 1944

MGen ER “Pete” Quaseda, with pointer, conducting an Air-Ground Liaison briefing for LtGen Carl Spaatz (glasses) and LtGen James Doolittle (seated), VII Corps Headquarters, Münsterbusch, Germany, 19 Nov 1944	A column of smoke 500 feet wide rising from the burning fleet oiler USS Mississinewa after being struck by the first Japanese Kaiten deployed, Ulithi Atoll, 30 Nov 1944. Light carrier USS Langley is in the foreground.

A column of smoke 500 feet wide rising from the capsized and burning fleet oiler USS Mississinewa after being struck by the first Japanese Kaiten deployed, Ulithi Atoll, 20 Nov 1944. Oiler USS Pamanset in the foreground.	A column of smoke 500 feet wide rising from the capsized and burning fleet oiler USS Mississinewa after being struck by the first Japanese Kaiten deployed, Ulithi Atoll, 30 Nov 1944.

A destroyer escort dropping depth charges on a second Japanese Kaiten in the cruiser anchorage of Ulithi Lagoon on 20 Nov 1944 after the sinking of USS Mississinewa. Seen from USS Bunker Hill. Photo 1 of 3.	A destroyer escort dropping depth charges on a second Japanese Kaiten in the cruiser anchorage of Ulithi Lagoon on 20 Nov 1944 after the sinking of USS Mississinewa. Seen from USS Bunker Hill. Photo 2 of 3.

A destroyer escort dropping depth charges on a second Japanese Kaiten in the cruiser anchorage of Ulithi Lagoon on 20 Nov 1944 after the sinking of USS Mississinewa. Seen from USS Bunker Hill. Photo 3 of 3.	Sinking of oiler USS Mississinewa after being struck by a Kaiten in Ulithi anchorage, Caroline Islands, 20 Nov 1944; photograph taken from fleet ocean tug USS Munsee

Smoke plume from the burning oiler USS Mississinewa in Ulithi Lagoon as seen from the battleship USS South Dakota, 20 Nov 1944. Carriers in the foreground are Bunker Hill and Langley (Independence-class).	Smoke rising from the overturned and burning fleet oiler USS Mississinewa in Ulithi Lagoon, 20 Nov 1944 as seen from the carrier Lexington (Essex-class). Ticonderoga is at left and hospital ship Solace is at right.