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75mm howitzer and crew of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Burma, 1945; Worack, Stinson, Moeller, Altland, King, Cennerini, and Barksdale	75mm Pack Howitzer M1 and crew of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Burma, 1945; Polley, Molina, Pustejovsky, Hodder, Scheer, Jenelvicz, Kandrack, and Stefanovich

A B-17G Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, late 1944 to 1945. The Triangle-H with yellow band tail markings identify the bomber as part of the 306th Bomb Group.	A captured Hs 129 B1 aircraft with USAAF Foreign Evaluation markings, mid- or late-1940s

A column of Tiger II heavy tanks, 1944-1945	A corporal instructor assisting two WAAF members during their joinery class of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown

A crane hoists an F6F Hellcat after it nosed all the way over aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A crowded tower at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, 1944-45 with men awaiting the return of bombers of the 306th Bomb Group.

A damaged F6F Hellcat being hoisted by a crane from the training aircraft carrier USS Sable to a waiting barge on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A formation B-29 Superfortress bombers in flight toward Japan, 1945

A German town in ruins, 1945	A Grumman F6F Hellcat with one wheel in the catwalks aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the severely bent propeller blades.

A Jeep being lowered into a DUKW on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945	A Naval aviator in the cockpit of an F4U Corsair aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

A patient being passed between C-47 Skytrain aircraft and Dodge WC54 ambulance, 1944-1945	A sergeant of the US 28th Infantry Division shaving in the mirror of a M35 'deuce-and-a-half' truck, date unknown

A staged photograph of ground crews performing their collective duties to service P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Lady Ruth’ of the 318th Fighter Group at East Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944-Apr 1945	A TBF-1 Avenger noses over while landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

A TBM Avenger catches its propeller in the barrier wires and noses over after landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A TBM-3 Avenger with a Marine bombing squadron rests on a Pacific airfield, 1944-1945.