B-17F Fortress flying over Monte Cassino as smoke rises from the abbey, Feb 15, 1944.HSL 2641 rescuing downed US Navy airmen whose PB4Y-1 bomber had been shot down by Germans over the Bay of Biscay, 15 Feb 1944US reconnaissance photo of the Japanese seaplane base at Kavieng Harbor, New Ireland, 15 Feb 1944; note Mitsubishi F1M2 Float Planes, US code named
B-17F Fortress flying over Monte Cassino as smoke rises from the abbey, Feb 15, 1944.HSL 2641 rescuing downed US Navy airmen whose PB4Y-1 bomber had been shot down by Germans over the Bay of Biscay, 15 Feb 1944US reconnaissance photo of the Japanese seaplane base at Kavieng Harbor, New Ireland, 15 Feb 1944; note Mitsubishi F1M2 Float Planes, US code named 'Pete'


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Members of the General Board of the US Navy, Washingtin DC, United States, Nov 1947; left to right: Colonel Randolph Pate, Admiral Walter Boone, Admiral Charles McMorris, Admiral John Towers, Rear Admiral Charles Momsen, Captain Leon Huffman, Commander J. M. Lee, and Captain Arleigh Burke


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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945


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