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| British Admiral Louis Mountbatten speaking to the officers and men of USS Saratoga at Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 30 Apr 1944 | Frank Merrill with two Kachin scouts, Naubum, Burma, circa 30 Apr 1944 | General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 1 of 4 | General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 2 of 4 |
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| General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 3 of 4 | General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 4 of 4 | Lieutenant General Oliver Leese at his field headquarters near Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944 | Supreme Allied Commander of the Southeast Asia Command, Admiral Louis Mountbatten being greeted aboard USS Saratoga by Captain John Cassady at Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 30 Apr 1944. |
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