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A burning Yokosuka P1Y Ginga ‘Frances’ aircraft crossing astern of escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay in the Sulu Sea, Philippines, 15 Dec 1944. Moments later, the airplane crashed into the sea.	Camp Landis, Kachin, northern Burma, 15-16 Dec 1944	Dead horses in a German town, 15 Dec 1944; 6 German soldiers (5 of whom were killed) were hitching them to an artillery piece on the previous day when a US shell exploded near them	Gun crew of cruiser Phoenix tried to identify an aircraft above, off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 Dec 1944

Map showing front lines at the Ardennes forest immediately before the Battle of the Bulge, 15 Dec 1944	Olongapo jetty in Subic Bay, Philippines, 15 Dec 1944 with the troop ship, Oryoku Maru that was being used to transport 1,620 allied prisoners of war. The ship was attacked and sunk, killing 200 POWs. Photo 1 of 2.	Olongapo jetty in Subic Bay, Philippines, 15 Dec 1944 with the troop ship, Oryoku Maru that was being used to transport 1,620 allied prisoners of war. The ship was attacked and sunk, killing 200 POWs. Photo 2 of 2.	United States Army map showing all identified Japanese airfields within 300 miles of the Philippine island of Mindoro. This map was prepared as part of the Mindoro invasion plans, 15 Dec 1944.

USS Hancock underway in the Philippine Sea, 15 Dec 1944	A heavily armed German soldier during the Ardennes Offensive, Dec 1944	American prisoners marching along a road somewhere on the western front, Dec 1944	Captain George C. Montgomery inspecting USS Anzio, 16 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 2

Captain George C. Montgomery inspecting USS Anzio, 16 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 2	Dead American soldiers laying face down at a crossroad in Belgium, Dec 1944	M36 Jackson tank destroyer of Battery C, 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, US 2nd Armored Division dug in near the Roer River, Belgium, 16 Dec 1944	Portrait of US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz at his office in Guam, Mariana Islands, circa 16-19 Dec 1944; note five-star tie clasp, which was a gift to him

US 7th Army troops checking a house for snipers, western Germany, 16 Dec 1944	Crew of HMS Howe manning the rails, Sydney, Australia, 17 Dec 1944	Landscape outside of Myitkyina, Burma, 17 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 2; photo taken by photographer attached to US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)	Landscape outside of Myitkyina, Burma, 17 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 2; photo taken by photographer attached to US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)