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M36 Jackson tank destroyer of Battery C, 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, US 2nd Armored Division dug in near the Roer River, Belgium, 16 Dec 1944	TBM Avenger heavily lashed to the deck of escort carrier USS Anzio as the ship rocks with Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea, 17 Dec 1944.	Two US Army African-American soldiers carrying the body of another American soldier near Malmédy, Belgium, circa 17 Dec 1944	USS Anzio rolling in heavy seas, Pacific Ocean, 17 Dec 1944; note Avenger aircraft in foreground and Wildcat aircraft in background; seen in Nov 1945 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News

Cruiser USS Santa Fe rolling heavily during Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea, 18 Dec 1944. Note the forward turret trained to the side so water over the bow would not enter through the gun ports.	Destroyer USS Maddox plowing through heavy seas during Typhoon Cobra, 18 Dec 1944.	Fletcher-class destroyer USS Dyson taking water over the bow during Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea, 18 Dec 1944.	Radar image of Typhoon Cobra, captured by radar system of a US Navy ship, 18 Dec 1944

USS Cowpens rolling in heavy seas in Typhoon Cobra in the Pacific Ocean, 18 Dec 1944	Major General Matthew Ridgway (left) and Major General James Gavin (right), Belgium, 19 Dec 1944	Map depicting the German 6th Panzer Army attack during the Ardennes Offensive, 16-19 Dec 1944	Map depicting the US 3rd Army's Lorraine Offensive, 3-19 Dec 1944

Map of the Bastogne, Belgium area, 19-23 Dec 1944	An American medium tank crossing 'Suicide Creek', New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943	M36 Jackson tank destroyers of 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, US 82nd Airborne Division en route to attack a German position near Werbomont, Belgium, 20 Dec 1944	Map depicting the western front of the European War, 20 Dec 1944

Memorandum of Commendation to “All Hands” of destroyer escort USS Tabberer from her commanding officer, LtCdr Henry Plage, commending them for their performance in the recent typhoon and subsequent rescue work.	Men of US 28th Infantry Division marching down a street in Bastogne, Belgium, 20 Dec 1944	Troops of US 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion, all vehicles lost in combat, manning the front line near Bastogne, Belgium, 20 Dec 1944	38 of the 41 officers and men from the USS Hull rescued by the USS Tabberer gathered on Tabberer’s quarterdeck after arrival at the Ulithi anchorage, 22 Dec 1944.