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Destruction on Betio after battle, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943	Enterprise underway during Gilberts operation, 24 Nov 1943

Firefighters extinguishing a burning Hellcat fighter on Cowpens, 24 Nov 1943	Looking east down the airfield, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943

Patrol Craft PCS-1424 photographed on the Manitowoc River by her builder, the Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, 24 Nov 1943. Note the Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.	Tarawa beach after American conquest, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943

US Marine code talker on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Broadside view of USS Intrepid off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 25 Nov 1943. Note the blank starboard side of the ship; later photos will show the addition of anti-aircraft gun sponsons.

Thanksgiving holiday dinner menu aboard USS Wake Island, 25 Nov 1943	US flag on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943

US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943	US Marines inspecting a fallen Japanese naval infantryman, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943

Wrecks of American LVT landing craft and Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tank on the invasion beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling touring Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943

Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling touring Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943	United States Navy ship LST-207, staffed by Coast Guard personnel, on Kukum Beach, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 26 Nov 1943.

RAF Regiment troops inspecting a downed Me 410A-3 aircraft near the Sangro River, Italy, shortly after it was shot down on 26 Nov 1943	African-American US Army nurses receiving mail from home, 268th Station Hospital, Australia, 29 Nov 1943; 3 of the nurses were Lts. Prudence L. Burns, Inez Holmes, and Birdie E. Brown

Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Embassy during the Tehran Conference, Iran, 29 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2	Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Embassy during the Tehran Conference, Iran, 29 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2