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Aerial view of the Kaiser Company Shipyard No. 4 looking north, Richmond, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944.	Aerial view of the Kaiser Company Shipyard No. 4 looking northwest, Richmond, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944.

Aerial view of the Kaiser Company Shipyard No. 4 looking southwest, Richmond, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944.	Aerial view of the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944. Note the six tankers under construction on the ways and six others being fitted out at the piers. Photo 1 of 5.

Aerial view of the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944. Note the six tankers under construction on the ways and six others being fitted out at the piers. Photo 2 of 5.	Aerial view of the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944. Note the six tankers under construction on the ways and six others being fitted out at the piers. Photo 3 of 5.

Aerial view of the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944. Note the six tankers under construction on the ways and six others being fitted out at the piers. Photo 4 of 5.	Aerial view of the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944. Note the six tankers under construction on the ways and six others being fitted out at the piers. Photo 5 of 5.

Overhead view of the Kaiser Company Shipyard No. 4, Richmond, California, United States, 6 Dec 1944.	A Mahan-class destroyer, possibly Drayton or Lamson, bombarding the objective area during landings on the shores of Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 Dec 1944

APD Ward burning in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, after being struck by special attack aircraft, 7 Dec 1944; the firefighting ship was destroyer O'Brien, and photo was taken from APD Crosby	Omar Bradley, Arthur Tedder, Dwight Eisenhower, and Bernard Montgomery at Maastricht, Netherlands, 7 Dec 1944

USS Ward on fire and sinking after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in Ormoc Bay, Philippines, 7 Dec 1944, three years to the day after she fired the first US shot of the Pacific War.	View of Indianapolis' forward superstructure and 8in/55 triple gun turrets from off the port side, Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 Dec 1944

View of Indianapolis' her port after half, Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 Dec 1944	View of Indianapolis' port forward half, Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 Dec 1944

View of Indianapolis' port quarter, Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 Dec 1944	Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower and General William Simpson arriving at a command conference, 8 Dec 1944.

B-24J Liberators of the 494th Bomb Group receive maintenance on Angaur, Palau Islands, Dec 8 1944	Carrier USS Ticonderoga at anchor in Ulithi Lagoon 8 Dec 1944 with USS Langley (Independence-class) beyond. Note the faded Ms33/10A paint scheme. Ticonderoga’s flight deck is loaded with the planes of Air Group 80.