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USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3	Indianapolis off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 9 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 2

Indianapolis off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 9 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 2	The airstrip at Angaur, Palau Islands Dec 9 1944 with B-24Js of the 22nd Bomb Group on the near side and B-24s of the 494th Bomb Group on the far side; plus one C-47A Skytrain supply aircraft.

US soldiers in a recently captured town, 9 Dec 1944; note fallen US soldier	Machine gun post manned by men of 1st Battalion, 157th Regiment, US 45th Division, Niederbronn-les-Bains, France, 10 Dec 1944; note M1919 Browning machine gun

Aerial view of Kaiser Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944.	Aerial view of Kaiser Richmond No. 3 Yard, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944

Aerial view of Permanente Metals Shipyard No. 1 looking north, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944.	Aerial view of Permanente Metals Shipyard No. 1 looking south into San Francisco Bay, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944. Note the prefabrication shed on the left and the large Ford assembly plant at top.

Aerial view of Permanente Metals Shipyard No. 1 looking west, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944. Shipyard No. 4 is just out of view to the upper right.	Aerial view of Permanente Metals Shipyard No. 2 looking east, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944.

Aerial view of Permanente Metals Shipyard No. 2 looking north, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944. Note the prefabrication sheds on the left angled 45-degrees to everything else.	Aerial view of Permanente Metals Shipyard No. 2 looking south into San Francisco Bay, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944. Note Brooks Island just offshore.

Aerial view of the Kaiser Cargo Company Shipyard No. 3 looking north, Richmond, California, United States, 11 Dec 1944.	African-American soldiers of the 161st Chemical Smoke Generating Company of the US 3rd Army refilling a M-2 smoke generator, at the Saar River near Wallerfangen, Germany, 11 Dec 1944

P-38J Lightning ‘Moonlight Cock-Tail!’ and pilot Lt Clark R ‘Doc’ Livingston of the 392nd Fighter Squadron at Juvincourt Airfield, Aisne, France, Dec 1944.	USS Wasp at sea, 11 Dec 1944

Destroyed Japanese Navy landing ship No. 159 in Ormoc Bay, Philippine Islands, 12 Dec 1944	Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and Major General Colin Muir Barber inspecting the 15th Scottish Division, 12 Dec 1944. At 6-feet, 9-inches, Barber was considered the tallest officer in the British Army.