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| Japanese-American soldiers of the US 100th Infantry Battalion marching in the Valletri area of Italy, 28 May 1944 | Bow on view of USS Hornet (Essex-class) at anchor in Berth X-14, Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 29 May 1944. Note F6F Hellcat fighters spotted on the flight deck. |
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| USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. |
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| USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. |
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| Rommel inspecting the German 21st Panzer Division, Normandy, France, 30 May 1944, photo 2 of 4; note captured French tanks pressed into service | Ammunition magazine under construction, Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, Colts Neck, New Jersey, United States, 31 May 1944 |
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| Members of the British Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at an RAF glider station repair and pack colored parachutes for use by airborne troops during the Normandy invasion, 31 May 1944. | Polish light cruiser Dragon, late May 1944 |
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| Rommel observing the Atlantic Wall near Ouistreham, Normandy, France, late May 1944 | Troops of the of the Westminster Regiment, 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade posing on a disabled Hornisse/Nashorn tank destroyer near Pontecorvo, Italy, 26 May 1944 |
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| A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 1 of 2 | A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 2 of 2 |
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| A Roman Catholic chaplain performing mass on the deck of USS Iowa as they closed on the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944. Note the colors of the ship’s paint and the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft mounts. | Aerial view of Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii with Kaneohe Bay seen beyond the airstrip, Jun 1944. |
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| American and Soviet servicemen address bombs to Germany at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, summer 1944. | B-17G Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Squadron are joined by a damaged P-38J Lightning fighter on the return from a mission, before 10 Jun 1944. Note feathered engine on the P-38 with oil stains covering the engine cowling |
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| British landing craft, US Army troops, and US Coast Guard LCI(L)s staged at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom prior to the Normandy invasion, June 1944. | Captain Dixie Kiefer (right) talking it over with his executive officer Commander Willian O. Burch on the bridge of the USS Ticonderoga during her shakedown cruise, Jun 1944. |
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