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| 'The Royal Court of Neptunus Rex': line crossing ceremony aboard USS Petrof Bay, 23 Aug 1944 | African-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee Johnson |
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| HMS Mauritius firing on German targets in Audierne Bay, France, 23 Aug 1944 | Polish resistance fighter observing Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street from a collapsed wall of the Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, Poland, 23 Aug 1944; note captured German K98 rifle and helmet; the townhouses in the background were of addresses Krakowskie Przedmieście 10, 8, and 6 |
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| Remains of a German soldier killed during the Warsaw Uprising, Poland, 23 Aug 1944 | Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944 |
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| USS Hancock departing San Diego, California, United States, 23 Aug 1944. |
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