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| A Canadian soldier inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 machine gun, Kiska, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 16 Aug 1943 | British admirals Irvine Glennie, Louis Hamilton, Robert Burnett (shaking hand), and Henry Moore with King George VI and Admiral Bruce Fraser of the United Kingdom aboard HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 Aug 1943 | Intrepid off Newport News, Virginia, United States, 16 Aug 1943 | King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard HMS London at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 Aug 1943 |
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| Map depicting the Allied landings on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 15-16 Aug 1943 | USS Bowfin prior to her first war patrol, 16 Aug 1943, Brisbane, Australia. | Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference, Canada, mid-Aug 1943 |
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