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USS Intrepid under way 26 Jan 1944 on her way to launch strikes against Truk Atoll (now Chuuk). Note the forward flight deck filled SBD Dauntless and TBF Avenger aircraft and one F4U Corsair on the outrigger sponson.	Early construction of a large concrete caisson known as a Phoenix, 27 Jan 1944 in southern England. These had flooding valves and were to be sunk as part of the Mulberry Harbors for the Normandy landings.	Captain Arleigh Burke receiving the Navy Cross from Rear Admiral Arthur Merrill aboard the destroyer Charles Ausburne in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomons, 30 Jan 1944.	Men of 697th Field Artillery Battalion firing 240mm howitzer at Mignano, Italy, 30 Jan 1944

Strike photo of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands taken by aircraft from USS Enterprise, 30 Jan 1944. Note the Kwajalein radio complex in the clearing in the foreground that was a key Japanese listening post in the Pacific.	Strike photo of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands taken by aircraft from USS Enterprise, 30 Jan 1944. Note the rising mushroom cloud from the exploding Japanese ammunition dump.	Strike photo stitched together from photos taken by USS Langley aircraft showing severe damage to the runways and the surrounding areas on Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 30 Jan 1944.	US Marines displaying a captured Japanese flag, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Jan 1944

British Priest self-propelled gun in action, Anzio, Italy, 31 Jan 1944	British soldier preparing ammunition for a M7 Priest self-propelled gun, Anzio, Italy, 31 Jan 1944	A beach on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944	A Model 187 Baltimore light bomber of Royal Air Force 223 Squadron flying from Celone, Italy drops bombs on the railway junction at Sulmona, a strategic point on the east-west route across Italy, in February of 1944

Aerial view of the Japanese Hayne Airfield (later Momote Airfield and Momote Airport), Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Feb 1944	African-American air crews of the US Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron at Anzio, Italy, circa Feb 1944; 1st Lt. Andrew Lane in front, without helmet	Americans landing on Carlos Island, Marshall Islands, circa early Feb 1944	Barren landscape, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944. Note M1 Garand rifle with fixed bayonet.

Camouflaged PaK 36 anti-tank gun, Nettuno, Italy, Feb 1944	Captured British troops near Nettuno, Italy, Feb 1944	Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft taking a break from flying “The Hump” at Chabua Field, India, circa Feb 1944	Destroyed Japanese building and equipment, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944