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Australian Flying Officer John Smithson recounting a recent dogfight over Darwin harbor in which he shot down two Japanese aircraft, Nov-Dec 1943; note Spitfire fighter in background	B-24J Liberator “Our Baby” of the 27th Bomb Squadron at Funafuti Airfield, Gilbert Islands, Dec 1943.

B-25 Mitchell bombers of US Army ComAirSols Bomber Command attacking Rabaul, New Britain, circa late 1943; note Lakunai airfield in top center of photo	British Ambassador to Iran Reader Bullard, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at Tehran, Iran, 28 Nov-1 Dec 1943

Broadside view of Norwegian destroyer HNoMS Stord at anchor in Dec 1943, probably at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom	Captured Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Changde, Hunan Province, China, Nov-Dec 1943

Chinese troops, Changde, Hunan Provice, China, Nov-Dec 1943	Corsair Mk II fighter of British No. 1830 Naval Air Squadron landing aboard HMS Illustrious, Dec 1943

Corsair Mk II fighter of British No. 1833 Naval Air Squadron landing aboard HMS Illustrious, Dec 1943	Cruiser Yahagi off Sasebo, Japan, Dec 1943

Douglas MacArthur with Native American troops somewhere in the South Pacific, late 1943	F4U-1 Corsair in Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (the “Black Sheep”) on the Marsden matting at Torokina airstrip, Bougainville, Solomons, Dec 1943.

F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-216 taxis down the strip at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Dec 1943. Note TBM Avengers and NE-1 Grasshoppers parked along the strip.	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, France, Dec 1943

German aircraft being sprayed with white paint for winter camouflage, Eastern Europe, Dec 1943; note Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber in background	German SdKfz 10/4 halftrack vehicle with 2-cm FlaK 38 gun, somewhere in the Soviet Union, Nov-Dec 1943

German soldier and war dog beneath a coastal gun, France, Nov-Dec 1943	German soldiers with MG42 machine gun, Yugoslavia, Dec 1943

Heavy cruiser Canberra underway, circa late 1943	Jeeps driving in muddy terrain, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943