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| A-24B-5-DT Banshee aircraft (serial number 42-54459) of US 531st Fighter Squadron following a Jeep down the runway on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, 13 Dec 1943; this was the first A-24B to arrive on Makin | An American surgeon operated on a soldier wounded by Japanese sniper fire, Bougainville, 13 Dec 1943 | German submarine U-172 under attack by Lt(jg) James Ogle from Composite Squadron VC-19 flying from USS Bogue, 13 Dec 1943. Note approaching destroyer, probably USS Osmond Ingram. |
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