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In a port in England, a loaded LCVP Landing Craft from the Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman brought troops to the ship for the crossing to Normandy, June 1944. Note Rhino barge loaded with WC54 Ambulances	Indianapolis under Japanese shore bombardment off Saipan, Jun 1944

Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team marching through Vada, Italy, 1944	Liberty ship unloading two CCKW trucks and other supplies onto a Rhino cargo barge off the Normandy beaches, Jun 1944.

LST-357 loading vehicles in an English port, in preparation for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944	Normandie invasion preparations, Trebah Beach, Falmouth, England, United Kingdom, 1944

Oliver Leese and other British officers at Cassino, Italy, May-Jun 1944	Printed on Rayon, Blood Chit with Russian text issued to American airmen involved in Operation Frantic on their shuttle bombing missions into and out of Ukraine from bases in Italy and the United Kingdom, 1944.

Private Clyde Peacock and the rest of the 1st MP Platoon of the US 1st Army wait in England to board transports to Normandy, early June 1944. The Military Police would be responsible for managing traffic and holding POWs.	Royal Navy LCA landing craft churn through the waters of a British port, taking American troops to a waiting ship during preparations for the Normandy invasion, circa May-Jun 1944

Royal Navy LCA-1377 carried American troops to a ship in a British port during preparations for the Normandy invasion, circa May-Jun 1944	Tadamichi Kuribayashi directing defenders at Iwo Jima, Japan, circa May 1944-Jan 1945

TBM-1C Avenger bombers prepared to take off from Monterey to attack targets on Tinian, Jun 1944	United States Coast Guard Captains Edward Fritzche (left) and Miles Imlay (right) examining a relief map of Omaha Beach laid out in the hold of the Attack Transport USS Samuel Chase, Jun 1944.

US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2

US Army M4 Sherman tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944	US Army troops drive by the people of Montebourg, Normandy, France, June 1944. Note M2 Half-Track “Dirty Gertie” and M4 Sherman Duplex-Drive tank with soldiers sitting on the folded skirt frame.

US forces on Biak island, Dutch New Guinea, May-Jun 1944	US generals Geoffrey Keyes, Robert Frederick, and Mark Clark in discussion near Rome, Italy, May-Jun 1944