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US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 1 of 3.	US soldiers disembarking from an LCI(L) landing craft during amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, mid-1944

View of Garrison Hill after battle, near Kohima, India, Apr-May 1944	African-American soldiers of the US Army 93rd Infantry Division traveling along the Numa-Numa Trail, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1 May 1944

US Army soldiers boarding landing craft at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944; note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground	Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 1 of 4

Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 2 of 4	Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 3 of 4

Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 4 of 4	Normandy beach defenses, France, 7 May 1944

Wrecked Nagatsuki on the beach at Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, 8 May 1944; she was beached on 5 Jul 1943 during the Battle of Kula Gulf; photographed from cruiser USS Montpelier	4.2-inch mortar and crew of S Troop, 307th battery, British 99th Light AA Regiment in action, Cassino, Italy, 12 May 1944

German Me 410 aircraft attacking a B-17G bomber of US 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group over Brüx, Czechoslovakia (now Most, Czech Republic) May 12 1944; photo taken from the B-17G aircraft “Lady Godiva”	Escort Carrier USS Guadalcanal departing Norfolk, Virginia, United States to lead an anti-submarine hunter-killer group in the Atlantic, Capt Daniel V Gallery commanding. 15 May 1944

Map depicting the arrival of Allied H, K, and M forces at Myitkyina, Burma, 17-19 May 1944	Soldiers of the 163rd Infantry Regiment of US 41st Infantry Division on the beach of Wakde, Dutch New Guinea, 18 May 1944

Surabaya under attack, Java, Dutch East Indies, 17 May 1944, photo 1 of 2	Surabaya under attack, Java, Dutch East Indies, 17 May 1944, photo 2 of 2

Surabaya under attack, Java, Dutch East Indies, 17 May 1944, photo 3 of 3	Men of 163rd Infantry Regiment hit the beach from Higgins boats during the invasion of Wadke Island, New Guinea, 18 May 1944