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| Boston Bull Terrier “Spar,” mascot of USCG Cutter Spencer, wearing her dress blues before going ashore, 22 Aug 1944, Norfolk, Virginia, United States. | Destroyed German Tiger II heavy tank near Vimoutiers, France, 22 Aug 1944 |
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| French civilians gathering in front of damaged Église Notre-Dame-du-Vœu, Cherbourg, France, 22 Aug 1944 | Polish resistance courier Alina Nawrocka posing before a disabled Italian-made PzKpfw 736(i) tank in Warsaw, Poland, 22 Aug 1944 |
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| Polish resistance fighter with K pattern flamethrower and wz.31 helmet near the Mała Pasta building, Warsaw, Poland, 22 Aug 1944 | Polish resistance fighter with K pattern flamethrower near the Mała Pasta building, Warsaw, Poland, 22 Aug 1944 |
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| Returning from Vienna, Austria, B-24H Liberator “Scrappy” with the 725th Bomb Squadron trails smoke and is losing altitude east of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 22 Aug 1944. The plane crashed near Zdenci, Yugoslavia | The island of the Lexington (Essex-class) with Capt Ernest Litch speaking with Cdr JM Lane on the upper level and VAdm Marc Mitscher speaking with VAdm John McCain on the Flag Bridge, 22 Aug 1944. |
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| Tsushima Maru, 22 Aug 1944 |
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