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PV-2 Harpoon aircraft in flight, 1945; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Sep 1945	RA-24B-15-DT Banshee aircraft (serial number 42-54897) in a non-combat role attached to the US Air Transport Command in flight, United States, 1944-1945	RAF and WAAF personnel attending a joinery course of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown	Ramp at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico with a B-29 Superfortress, C-47 Skytrains, B-25 Mitchell, and P-38 Lightning, 1945.

Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin on the bridge of his flagship, USS Makin Island, late-1944 to mid-1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck	Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin's Flag staff in Wardroom of USS Makin Island, 1945	Rear Admiral J.J. Clark, commander of the carrier Task Group built around USS Hornet (Essex-class), on the bridge of his flagship, late 1944 or early 1945.	Rear Admiral Walden Ainsworth at a shore station, probably Hawaii, 1945.

Rear quarter view of an earlier DUKW variant (straight windshield; left-mounted spare tire), date unknown	Rear view of Type 5 Na-To tank destroyer, Japan, 1945	REO US6 Studebaker-design 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck, built to the same specifications as the GMC CCKW but in much fewer numbers, date unknown	Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 44-90386 firing HVAR air-to-surface rockets at a test range in Independence, Missouri, United States, circa 1945.

Right-side profile of an A-25A Shrike dive bomber, 1944-1945	River crossing with mules, Burma, 1945; photograph taken by a member of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) i	River, Italy, 1945	RMS Queen Elizabeth at New York, New York, United States, date unknown

RMS Queen Elizabeth underway, date unknown	RMS Queen Mary at New York, New York, United States, date unknown	RMS Queen Mary in Sydney harbor between Bradleys Head and Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, 1940s	RMS Queen Mary, date unknown