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| USS Aquarius (AKA-16) and USS Titania (AKA-13) unloading United States Marines at Pavuvu, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, 28 Apr 1944 | Smoke rising from the Japanese naval base at Dublon Island, Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 29-30 Apr 1944 |
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| General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 1 of 4 | General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 2 of 4 |
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| General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 3 of 4 | General Henry Wilson and Lieutenant General Oliver Leese, Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944, photo 4 of 4 |
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| Lieutenant General Oliver Leese at his field headquarters near Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy, 30 Apr 1944 | A Rhino barge loaded with men and equipment during exercises in southern England, United Kingdom, prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note the barge’s two large outboard motors and tethered barrage balloon. |
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| A6M Zero fighters of Japanese Navy 252nd Air Group, Misawa Airfield, Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, May 1944 | Aerial view of Yorktown (Essex-class) with F6F Hellcat fighters, Apr-May 1944. Note opposite facing fore and aft deck numbers that were quickly corrected. The dark stripe down the flight deck was unique to Yorktown |
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| Avengers warming on on Enterprise's flight deck, May 1944 | B-24D Liberator aircraft 'You Cawn't Miss It', lead assembly ship of 448th Bomber Group, US 712th Bomber Squadron based at RAF Seething, Norfolk, England, UK, Feb-Jun 1944 |
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| B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship 'Green Dragon' of 389th Bomber Group, US 566th Bomber Squadron, RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Feb-Jul 1944, photo 1 of 2 | B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship 'Green Dragon' of 389th Bomber Group, US 566th Bomber Squadron, RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Feb-Jul 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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| British landing ship Prince Baudouin launched three LCA landing craft, filled with American troops, during amphibious exercises in a British port, circa May-Jun 1944 | Carpatho-Ruthenian Jews being processed upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, Poland, May 1944 |
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| Cruiser USS Honolulu at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, late Apr 1944. Note men painting near the waterline and the two LCVPs alongside. | DUKWs on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex, England prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note components of the artificial Mulberry Harbors in the background awaiting deployment. |
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| German Minister of Armaments Albert Speer (front) and Field Marshal Erhard Milch (rear) in an automobile en route to inspect a defense plant, Germany, May 1944 | German Minister of Armaments Albert Speer, Field Marshal Erhard Milch, and aircraft designer Willy Messerschmitt inspecting a defense plant, Germany, May 1944 |
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