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| African-American soldiers of the US Army 477th Antiaircraft Artillery, Air Warning Battalion studying maps, Oro Bay, New Guinea, 15 Nov 1944 | Joseph Stalin presenting the coat of arms of Poland with Vyacheslav Molotov at his side, 15 Nov 1944 | Navy Lt Bob Elder in a P-51D Mustang modified with a tailhook aboard the carrier Shangra-La for testing, 15 Nov 1944. | PBJ-1H Mitchell strafer bomber on the flight deck of USS Shangri-La off Chesapeake Bay during trails to judge the suitability of the Mitchell as a carrier aircraft, 15 Nov 1944. |
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| USAAF 3rd Bomb Group personnel aboard a transport sailing from Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea to Leyte in Philippine Islands, mid-Nov 1944 | USAAF 3rd Bomb Group personnel aboard a transport sailing from Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea to Leyte in Philippine Islands, mid-Nov 1944 |
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