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Strike photo taken from a Wasp (Essex-class) aircraft showing an attack on the Tan Son Nhut airfield near Saigon, French Indochina (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	Strike photo taken from an SB2C Helldiver from Ticonderoga showing the vigorous attack on shipping in the Mekong River, Saigon, French Indochina (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	TBM-1C Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 4 from USS Essex crossing the Indochinese coast (Vietnam) on their wat to bomb shipping in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), 12 Jan 1945.	The first convoy to use new Ledo Rd at Mile Zero marker at the railhead of Ledo, India, Jan 12, 1945. The Ledo Road connected with the old Burma Road as part of the effort to truck supplies to Kunming, China

US Army Signal Corps Technical Sergeant Harry A. Downard looking at a killed paratrooper of US 101st Airborne Division, near Bastogne, Belgium, 12 Jan 1945	USS Essex strike photo of a Japanese freighter just after being struck by a torpedo in the port bow off Cap St Jacques, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. This ship would take two more torpedoes before sinking	USS Essex strike photo of badly damaged Japanese tanker and freighter off Cap St Jacques, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. Both ships would take even more damage before sinking.	USS Essex strike photo of burning oil storage tanks at Saigon, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.

USS Essex strike photo of the former French cruiser La Motte-Picquet capsized in Saigon Harbor, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. The cruiser’s turrets and superstructure were previously removed	USS Essex strike photo showing shipping under attack in Saigon Harbor, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	Men of the US 347th Infantry Regiment taking a meal break while en route to La Roche, Belgium, 13 Jan 1945	Photo from USS Essex showing Fleet Oiler USS Aucilla riding the rough seas that made refueling operations impossible, 13 Jan 1945. USS Ticonderoga is seen beyond.

USS Langley in heavy seas in the South China Sea in the morning of 13 Jan 1945. Note the trailing USS Washington riding the storm much better.	Aerial view of Soton Airfield, Soton, Taichu (now Caotun, Nantou), Taiwan, 14 Jan 1945	Kagi Airfield under B-29 bomber attack, southern Taiwan, 14 Jan 1945, photo 1 of 3	Kagi Airfield under B-29 bomber attack, southern Taiwan, 14 Jan 1945, photo 2 of 3

Kagi Airfield under B-29 bomber attack, southern Taiwan, 14 Jan 1945, photo 3 of 3	Kagi Airfield, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 14 Jan 1945; photo taken from a B-29 bomber that was about to attack the airfield	Australian Boomerang fighter of No. 5 Squadron RAAF taxiing past RNZAF F4U-1 Corsair fighters, Cape Torokina, Bouganville, Solomon Islands, 15 Jan 1945	Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery standing in a Jeep while addressing American troops in Devon, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jan 1945. The bare-headed soldiers suggest this was a worship or memorial service.