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United States ambassador to the USSR, W. Averell Harriman, being greeted by Soviet MGen Alexei Perminov, at the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the arrival of the first US bombers of Operation Frantic, 2 Jun 1944.	Grave of Stefanica Paunescu, Poland, Jun 1944

LST-357 at a port in southern England being loaded with DUKWs in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion, early June 1944.	US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2; note RAF markings recently painted over with USAAF markings

US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note RAF markings recently painted over with USAAF markings	USS E. A. Poe entering USS ABSD-1 at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 3 Jun 1944

A salvage party from USS Guadalcanal on the captured German submarine U-505, 4 Jun 1944 in the eastern Atlantic. Note the twin 20mm anti-aircraft guns and the seashell insignia on the tower.	Abandoned by her crew but with engines still running, German Type IXC submarine U-505 circles at 7 knots before US boarding parties complete the capture off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944; seen in United States Navy Task Group 22.3 Report

Abandoned by her crew but with engines still running, German U-505 circles at 7 knots as US boarding parties complete the capture and escort USS Chatelain stands by off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944; seen in United States Navy Task Group 22.3 Report	After being abandoned by her crew, an American boarding party comes alongside the damaged German U-505 off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944. Destroyer Escort USS Chatelain circles the capture.

Boarding party from USS Pillsbury working to secure a tow line to U-505’s bow in the western Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944. Note the large United States flag flying from the submarine’s periscope.	Boarding party working on the captured U-505’s bow in the western Atlantic as the carrier USS Guadalcanal approaches to take the submarine in tow, 4 Jun 1944.

Captured German crewmen from U-505 climbing a Jacob’s ladder from a whaleboat to come aboard USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), after their rescue from the Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944.	Destroyer Escort USS Pillsbury alongside the captured U-505 off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944

Finnish StuG III assault guns on parade on the occasion of the birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Enso, Finland (now Svetogorsk, Russia), 4 Jun 1944	Ground Crewmen with Bombing Squadron 139 posing with their squadron mascot in front of the tail section of a PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber on Attu Island, Alaska, 4 Jun 1944. Note the Marsden mat surface.

Major General R. N. Gale of UK 6th Airborne Division talking to troops of 5th Parachute Brigade, Royal Air Force Harwell, Berkshire, England, UK, 4 or 5 Jun 1944	Risto Ryti and Carl Mannerheim reviewing troops at Enso, Finland (now Svetogorsk, Russia), 4 Jun 1944

US infantry running past a burning tank, Rome, Italy, 4 Jun 1944	US troops marching into Rome, Italy, 4 Jun 1944