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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.	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	USS Albacore off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, May 1944

Crew of USS Tang taking aboard airmen of downed OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from USS North Carolina, off Truk, Caroline Islands, 1 May 1944	Indianapolis off San Francisco, California, 1 May 1944

Japanese Type A Ko-hyoteki midget submarine and transport Yamazuki Maru beached on Guadalcanal, 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

Stern view of the carrier Franklin off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 4 May 1944	USS Franklin at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 4 May 1944 shortly after her port side was repainted from Measure 32 Design 6a to Design 3a. Her starboard side remained Design 6a.

Shimakaze during her trials, Miyazu Bay, Japan, 5 May 1943	Loading stores on No. 5 sponson aboard USS Coral Sea, 6 May 1944

USS Marblehead off New York, New York, United States, 6 May 1944	Engraved invitation to the commissioning of the USS Ticonderoga, 8 May 1944. This invitation was issued to Lt. C. Clifton Francom, a pilot with Torpedo Squadron 80.

Starboard side view of Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being delivered to the US Navy on the morning of her commissioning, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Untied States, May 8, 1944.	USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 1 of 3

USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 2 of 3	USS Coral Sea underway, 8 May 1944, photo 3 of 3

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	USS Marblehead underway, 10 May 1944