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African-American pilots of the 15th US Army Air Force receiving briefing in Italy, Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2	African-American pilots of the 15th US Army Air Force receiving briefing in Italy, Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2

An US Navy baseball team, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Sep 1944; note African-American players and white managers	Artur Axmann and Heinz Guderian inspecting Hitler Youth children, Ostpreußen, Germany, Sep 1944

Japanese-American infantrymen of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team hike up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, late 1944	US Marine Corps Sergeant William Swisher and another Marine at a makeshift photography dark room, Guam, 1944

WAVES Yeoman 3rd Class Ellen Figg posing by the entrance to the Old Capitol Grounds, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, circa Sep 1944	Captain Carlos Wieber bids welcome to the Ruler of the Raging Main, Neptunus Rex, and his Court aboard USS Essex for the Line Crossing ceremony, 1 Sep 1944

Line Crossing ceremony aboard USS Essex, 1 Sep 1944	Line Crossing ceremony aboard USS Essex, 1 Sep 1944. Official captions reads, "The way of the Pollywog is hard."

Rear Admiral Frederic Sherman, left, and Captain Carlos Wieber bid welcome to the Ruler of the Raging Main, Neptunus Rex, and his Court aboard USS Essex for the Line Crossing ceremony, 1 Sep 1944	Wallet certificate issued to AOM2c Neil Wirick of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 aboard the USS Princeton on the occasion of crossing the equator, which happened on 1 Sep 1944 as Princeton steamed from Eniwetok to Palau.

African-American US Army nurses in a classroom at the Army Nurse Training Center in England, United Kingdom, 5 Sep 1944	African-American troops of the US Army engaging Germans three miles north of Lucca, Italy, 7 Sep 1944; note the bazooka in firing position

Aerial photo of Tainan, Taiwan, 10 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2; note grey rectangular region, soon misidentified by US military as Tainan North Airfield, was actually a Japanese Army shooting range	Aerial photo of Tainan, Taiwan, 10 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2; note grey rectangular region, soon misidentified by US military as Tainan North Airfield, was actually a Japanese Army shooting range

Bombing of Kalamaki Airfield, Athens, Greece, seen from the bomb bay of B-17 bomber 'Pig Chaser' of USAAF 463rd Bombardment Group, 15 Sep 1944	Japanese anti-tank ditch; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944

USMC war dog handler reading a message that his dog had just delivered, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944	Chiang Kaishek's sons Chiang Wei-kuo (second from left) and Chiang Ching-kuo (first from right) with other Chinese Army officers at Beibei, Chongqing, China, 28 Sep 1944