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| FM-2 fighter being launched from USS Coral Sea during combat off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 18 Jun 1944; note USS Corregidor in background | Aircraft trails above Task Force 58 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 Jun 1944; photographed aboard light cruiser Birmingham |
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| An elated fighter pilot, Alexander Vraciu, showing how many enemy planes he just shot down, his share in the Marianas Turkey Shoot. Fighting Squadron VF-16 aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class), 19 Jun 1944 | USS Bunker Hill nearly hit by a Japanese bomb during Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 Jun 1944 |
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| African-American men of the US Marine Corps Third Ammunitions Company at Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944; Pfc Boykin on bicycle; Pfcs Anthony, Shackelford, and Purdy watching | Japanese Carrier Division Three's battleship Kongo and carrier Chiyoda under attack by American carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 20 Jun 1944 |
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| Japanese vessels burning at a harbor near Garapan, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944 | SS-Sturmbannführer Fritz Witt and SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Wünsche of German 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' at the Ardenne Abbey, Caen, France, Jun 1944 |
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| SS-Sturmbannführer Fritz Witt, SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Wünsche, and SS-Sturmbannführer Kurt Meyer of German 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' at the Ardenne Abbey, Caen, France, Jun 1944 | US Marine First Sergeant Neil Shober feeding bananas to a native goat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944 |
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| American and Soviet servicemen crowd around a Jeep at Poltava air base, Ukraine during Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944. | Broached landing craft during the Normandy storm, probably at Omaha Beach, 21 Jun 1944; note LST-543 in background |
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| German demonstration of SdKfz. 251 halftrack for Romanian officers, Romania, 21 Jun 1944; note MG34 machine gun mounted on vehicle | German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 5 |
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| German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 5 | German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 3 of 5 |
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| German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 5 | German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 5 of 5 |
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| German paratroopers firing a 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun, France, 21 Jun 1944 | German paratroopers with a 7.5 cm le.IG 18 infantry gun, France, 21 Jun 1944 |
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