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Destroyed German vehicles north of Cassino, Italy, 1944	DUKWs on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex, England prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note components of the artificial Mulberry Harbors in the background awaiting deployment.

German paratroopers near Cassino, Italy, Apr-May 1944	German troops posing with a Sturmgeschütz III vehicle, near Monte Cassino, Italy, Apr-May 1944

Good view of a Rhino barge as crews drill in English waters prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Rhino barges were an assembly of 180 welded 5x7x5 foot steel boxes powered by 2 outboard motors of 143 hp each.	Gurkha troops advancing with tanks on the Imphal-Kohima Road, India, Mar-Jul 1944

Live ammunition amphibious training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 1944	LST-77 off-loading M4 Sherman tanks at Anzio, Italy, May 1944; note the small barge capsized in the background and LCVP on the LST's davits

Map of the Allied Operation Diadem plan for the Anzio, Italy area, May 1944	Monte Cassino monastery in ruins, Italy, 1944

Polish Generals Nikodem Sulik (left) and Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko (right) in Italy, circa May 1944	Polish troops carrying ammunition to the front lines, near Cassino, Italy, May 1944

Polish troops enjoying a performance of the song 'Red flowers at Monte Cassino', Italy, May 1944	Tanks of 1st Armored Division near Lanuvio, Italy, circa May 1944

Troops of Polish 2nd Corps fighting near Cassino, Italy, May 1944	Troops of US 3rd Division entering Valmontone, Italy, circa May 1944

US 101st Airborne Division paratrooper Corporal Louis E. Laird boarded a C-47 transport during dress rehersals for the Normandy invasion, spring 1944	US Army troops board an LVCP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Joseph T Dickman at Torquay Hards, England, United Kingdom for a landing exercise in preparation for the Normandy invasion.

US Army troops participating in a landing exercise in southern England, United Kingdom in preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa May 1944. Note LCVP landing craft.	US forces rehearsing for the Normandy landings at Slapton Sands, Devon, England, UK, Apr-May 1944. Note the M4 Sherman Duplex-Drive tank at left.