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Crew of USS Spencer cared for rescued U-175 sailors, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2	Crew of USS Spencer cared for rescued U-175 sailors, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943, photo 2 of 2	Isoroku Yamamoto's final photograph, taken shortly before he was shot down and killed, Rabaul, Apr 1943	Obersteurmann Helmut Klotzch of U-175 yelled for help after the submarine sank in the North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943

The decks and conning tower of U-175 after being forced to the surface by depth charges from Coast Guard cutter Spencer just before U-175 sank, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943.	U-175 forced to surface after being depth charged by USCG cutter Spencer, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943	US Coast Guard crew of cutter Spencer watched as a depth charge exploded near U-175, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943	View from United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer as she approached U-175 after being forced to the surface by depth charges and just before U-175 sank, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943.

View from United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer as she approached U-175 after being forced to the surface by depth charges and just before U-175 sank, North Atlantic, 500 nautical miles WSW of Ireland, 17 Apr 1943.	Commander of the 13th Air Force Lt General Nathan Twinning (pith helmet) posing with some of the pilots from the Yamamoto mission, 19 Apr 1943. Lt Rex Barber is at far right next to mission commander Maj John Mitchell.	Funeral of James Wakasa at the Topaz Relocation Center, Utah, United States, 19 Apr 1943; Wakasa was killed by a military policeman guarding the camp fence	The men of the 347th Fighter Group who flew the mission to intercept Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The photo is single frame of a movie taken on Kukum Field, Guadalcanal on 19 Apr 1943, the day after the attack.

The three survivors of the Yamamoto mission attack section, Captain Thomas Lanphier (section leader), Lieutenant Besby Holmes, and Lt Rex Barber at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 19 Apr 1943.	US Army Privates Mearl Hatfield and Clen C. Campbell operating the portable laundry diesel engine, New Guinea, 19 Apr 1943	Wreck of G4M bomber whose crash killed Admiral Yamamoto, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Apr 1943	German Waffen-SS General Walter Krüger with a Tiger I heavy tank and an anti-aircraft gun vehicle of his 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich', Kharkov, Ukraine, 20 Apr 1943

German Waffen-SS General Walter Krüger with a Tiger I heavy tank of his 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich', Kharkov, Ukraine, 20 Apr 1943	Arrested Jewish department heads of the Brauer helmet factory, Warsaw, Poland, shortly after 1700 hours on 24 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2	Arrested Jewish department heads of the Brauer helmet factory, Warsaw, Poland, shortly after 1700 hours on 24 Apr 1943, photo 2 of 2	Louisville steamed out of Kulak Bay, Adak, Aleutian Islands, bound for operations against Attu, 25 Apr 1943; note Sweepers Cove in background