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Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 12 of 25	Commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943, photo 15 of 25	Officers saluting during the commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 May 1943	The ashes of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto arriving at Kisarazu, Japan aboard battleship Musashi, 23 May 1943

Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and others at the White House during Trident Conference, Washington DC, United States, 24 May 1943	Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI, and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing Dambusters Raid at St Vincents Hall, headquarters of No. 5 Group RAF Bomber Command, Grantham, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943	King George VI inspecting ground crewmen during his visit to No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters) and No. 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943; note Lancaster B Mk I bomber 'Frederick III', the aircraft of Wing Commander Campbell Hopcroft, commanding officer of No. 57 Squadron	King George VI speaking with Flight Lieutenant Les Munro, observed by Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Scampton, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943

Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below.	Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 2 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below.	Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note Morton's father and Morton's wife Harriet	Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane aboard USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note O'Kane's family

Inspecting North African bases, Winston Churchill attends a USAAF 414th Bombardment Squadron briefing at Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, 31 May 1943; note Brooke, Marshall, Eden	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell and Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, 31 May 1943	British General Bernard Montgomery and American Lt General George Patton shake hands at a Tunisian airstrip prior to the Sicily Invasion, mid 1943. I Armored Corps Deputy Commander Geoffrey Keyes is at left.	Generalleutnant Walter Stettner von Grabenhofen of German 1st Mountain Division, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Jun 1943

George Kenney at the '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	George Kenney at the '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	German Army Lieutenant General Walter Hoernlein and Colonel General Hermann Hoth visiting troops of the Großdeutschland Division, Russia, Jun 1943	Jack Heyn of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group working on a photograph enlarger, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943