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Map of Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands created by the New Zealand military depicting the troop movements during the island’s capture, Aug 1943.	Marine TBM-1C Avengers lined up along the airstrip at Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands in late 1943. Note open bomb bays, improvised wheel chocks, flame dampener on the exhaust port of the nearest plane, and different versions of the National Insignia	Men of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 posing with a F4U Corsair fighter, Turtle Bay fighter strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, circa Sep 1943	Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sep 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border.

Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943.	Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border.	Panzer IV tank and crew of German Army Group North in northern Russia, Sep 1943	Panzer IV tank of German Army Group North in northern Russia, Sep 1943

Parafrag bombs descending on a Japanese airstrip at Wewak, Australian New Guinea, 1943	PB4Y-1 Liberator from US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-114 on the ramp at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa Aug 1943.	Platoon Sergeant John Basilone and Corporal Margaret Beenworth at a US Marine Corps Headquarters office, Washington DC, United States, Sep 1943	Platoon Sergeant John Basilone being interviewed by US Navy WAVE Yeoman 3rd Class Sigrid Shield, Sep 1943

Portrait of John Basilone, Sep 1943	Portrait of John Basilone, Sep 1943	Portrait of Louis Mountbatten, circa Sep 1943	Portrait of Otto Skorzeny at the SS rank of Haupsturmführer, Sep 1943

Portrait of SS-Oberführer Walter Schellenberg, Sep 1943	Portrait of United States Navy Rear Admiral Theodore Chandler, 1943, probably taken during his assignment as commander of anti-submarine forces in the Netherlands West Indies.	Prototype V1 of Ta 154 Moskito night fighter, circa mid- to late-1943	Prototype V1 of Ta 154 Moskito night fighter, circa mid- to late-1943