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Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines inspecting destroyed Japanese H8K flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 2.H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 2.
Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines inspecting destroyed Japanese H8K flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 2.H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 2.
Brigadier General William Bergin, Brigadier General Hayden Boatner, Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell resting with cups of cocoa while watching a movie at Shadazup, Burma, 21 Jul 1944Andrew Higgins during an event celebrating the completion of 10,000 Higgins Boats, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 23 Jul 1944US Marines wading toward Tinian from amphibious tractors and landing boats, Mariana Islands, 25 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 3US Marines wading toward Tinian from amphibious tractors and landing boats, Mariana Islands, 25 Jul 1944, photo 2 of 3
Brigadier General William Bergin, Brigadier General Hayden Boatner, Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell resting with cups of cocoa while watching a movie at Shadazup, Burma, 21 Jul 1944Andrew Higgins during an event celebrating the completion of 10,000 Higgins Boats, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 23 Jul 1944US Marines wading toward Tinian from amphibious tractors and landing boats, Mariana Islands, 25 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 3US Marines wading toward Tinian from amphibious tractors and landing boats, Mariana Islands, 25 Jul 1944, photo 2 of 3
US Marines wading toward Tinian from amphibious tractors and landing boats, Mariana Islands, 25 Jul 1944, photo 3 of 3PT-396, an American built British Vosper design 70-foot motor torpedo boat during builder trials off New York, Aug 1944. Note that the censors scratched out the radar atop the mast.Concrete U-boat pens at Brest, France showing damage sustained after bombing attacks by the British Royal Air Force, Aug 1944Sketch of an 80-foot PT-Boat in the set up used for Mediterranean service; note the fewer guns, aft positioning of the torpedoes, and the lack of rocket launchers or depth charge racks compared to Pacific boats.
US Marines wading toward Tinian from amphibious tractors and landing boats, Mariana Islands, 25 Jul 1944, photo 3 of 3PT-396, an American built British Vosper design 70-foot motor torpedo boat during builder trials off New York, Aug 1944. Note that the censors scratched out the radar atop the mast.Concrete U-boat pens at Brest, France showing damage sustained after bombing attacks by the British Royal Air Force, Aug 1944Sketch of an 80-foot PT-Boat in the set up used for Mediterranean service; note the fewer guns, aft positioning of the torpedoes, and the lack of rocket launchers or depth charge racks compared to Pacific boats.
A forty-foot circle hole in the roof of a U-boat pen in Brest, France which had received a direct hit during the Allied bombardment, 18 Sep 1944British infantry carrying assault boats in preparation for crossing the Meuse-Escaut canal at Lille-St Hubert, Belgium, 19 Sep 1944General Douglas MacArthur traveling by PT-Boat across Leyte Gulf off Tacloban, Philippines aboard PT-525, an Elco 80-foot PT-Boat of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 36 (MTBRon-36), 24 Oct 1944.Princeton survivors jumping from a motorboat for USS Cassin Young, 24 Oct 1944
A forty-foot circle hole in the roof of a U-boat pen in Brest, France which had received a direct hit during the Allied bombardment, 18 Sep 1944British infantry carrying assault boats in preparation for crossing the Meuse-Escaut canal at Lille-St Hubert, Belgium, 19 Sep 1944General Douglas MacArthur traveling by PT-Boat across Leyte Gulf off Tacloban, Philippines aboard PT-525, an Elco 80-foot PT-Boat of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 36 (MTBRon-36), 24 Oct 1944.Princeton survivors jumping from a motorboat for USS Cassin Young, 24 Oct 1944
PT-131 between PT-152 and PT-130, all Eclo 80-foot Motor Torpedo Boats of MTBRon-7, alongside tender USS Wachapreague in Liloan Bay, Philippines preparing to patrol the Surigao Strait, 24 Oct 1944.PT-321, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21 (MTBRon 21), picking up Japanese survivors in Surigao Strait, Philippines, 25 Oct 1944PT-370 of MTB Squadron 18 on patrol in the Philippines, circa Nov 1944. PT-370 was a 70-foot Canadian boat and only four such boats were built. All four were outfitted as Elco 80s despite being 10 feet shorter.African-American US Merchant Marine Boatswain Maxie Weisbarth learning navigation from Chief Mate Earl Stanfield aboard a Victory Ship, Pacific Ocean, date unknown
PT-131 between PT-152 and PT-130, all Eclo 80-foot Motor Torpedo Boats of MTBRon-7, alongside tender USS Wachapreague in Liloan Bay, Philippines preparing to patrol the Surigao Strait, 24 Oct 1944.PT-321, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21 (MTBRon 21), picking up Japanese survivors in Surigao Strait, Philippines, 25 Oct 1944PT-370 of MTB Squadron 18 on patrol in the Philippines, circa Nov 1944. PT-370 was a 70-foot Canadian boat and only four such boats were built. All four were outfitted as Elco 80s despite being 10 feet shorter.African-American US Merchant Marine Boatswain Maxie Weisbarth learning navigation from Chief Mate Earl Stanfield aboard a Victory Ship, Pacific Ocean, date unknown

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