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Rear quarter view of a captured A6M5 Zero fighter in flight, 25 Sep 1944	Side view of a captured A6M5 Zero fighter in flight, 25 Sep 1944	US Marines moving through an area that saw recent action, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944	US Marines wading through water, Peleliu, Palau, Sep 1944

US Navy African-American construction batalion personnel acting as stretcher bearers for the US 7th Marine Regiment, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944	USS Bennington steaming out of New York Harbor en route Norfolk, Virginia, 25 Sep 1944. This photo was taken from an airship with Squadron ZP-12 stationed at Lakehurst, New Jersey.	British Royal Navy Commander Cross reviewing a convoy movement map with Captain Lake, Derby House, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, 26 or 27 Sep 1944	United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer after her conversion to an Amphibious Force Flagship, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 26 Sep 1944

German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber flying near the field headquarters of Polish Kampinos Regiment at Wiersze village 27 kilometers northwest of Warsaw, Poland, 27 Sep 1944	Polish resistance fighter surrendering from his position in the sewers, Mokotów District, Warsaw, Poland, 27 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2	Polish resistance fighter surrendering from his position in the sewers, Mokotów District, Warsaw, Poland, 27 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2	The first formal raising the American flag over Peleliu, Palau Islands, 27 Sep 1944; note Japanese observation tower

B-17G Fortress “Lost Angel” Belly landed at RAF Kimbolton after being damaged over Magdeburg, Germany, 28 Sep 1944. Note that the crew had unbolted and dropped the ball turret to keep it from breaking the airframe’s back	British Army photographers Sergeant Dennis M. Smith, Sergeant G. Walker, and Sergeant C. M. Lewis at AFPU Centre at Pinewood, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 28 Sep 1944	Chiang Kaishek's sons Chiang Wei-kuo (second from left) and Chiang Ching-kuo (first from right) with other Chinese Army officers at Beibei, Chongqing, China, 28 Sep 1944	High-level naval conference in San Francisco, California, United States, 29 Sep 1944. L to R: Admiral Raymond Spruance, Admiral Ernest King, Rear Admiral Charles Cooke, Navy Secretary James Forrestal, Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch.

A Mosquito bomber in flight over Britain, 30 Sep 1944	African-American US Coast Guardsman Fireman 1st Class Charles Tyner displaying his helmet, damaged by large shrapnel during the invasion of Southern France, circa late 1944	Map showing Japanese defensive plan at Peleliu	US Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944