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German paratroopers firing a 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun, France, 21 Jun 1944	German paratroopers with a 7.5 cm le.IG 18 infantry gun, France, 21 Jun 1944

German soldier standing next to a 7.5 cm PaK 40 gun, Eastern Front, 21 Jun 1944	German soldiers preparing to attach an anti-tank gun to the hitch of a SdKfz. 251 halftrack vehicle, France, 21 Jun 1944

Open backed forward turrets for the single-mounted 5”/38 caliber guns on the destroyer USS Mahan at the Mare Island Naval Yard, 24 Jun 1944. Note the Mark 33 gun director with fire control radar in the upper right.	Lance Corporal Lodge of 278th Field Company, British Royal Engineers holding a captured German 3 HL shaped charge, near Caen, France, 26 Jun 1944

Plan view, aft, of Drayton taken from a crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 26 Jun 1944	Plan view, amidships, of Drayton taken from a crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 26 Jun 1944

Plan view, forward, of Drayton taken from a crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 26 Jun 1944	USS Ticonderoga off Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 26 Jun 1944. Two months later, the flight deck would be extended 11-feet to nearly cover the forward 40mm anti-aircraft mounts.

Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 5	Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 5

Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 3 of 5	Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 5

US Army African-American soldiers setting up a 155mm howitzer in France, 28 Jun 1944	Carrier USS Ticonderoga conducting flight operations during her shakedown cruise while en route Trinidad, 30 Jun 1944. Note landing F6F Hellcat and two Coast Guard escort boats. Photo 1 of 2.

Carrier USS Ticonderoga conducting flight operations during her shakedown cruise while en route Trinidad, 30 Jun 1944. Note landing F6F Hellcat and two Coast Guard escort boats. Photo 2 of 2.	Finnish Army sergeants Kaarlo Niemelä (leading, with panzerfaust and KP/-31) and Heino Nikulassi (with panzerfaust and small arms on his back) during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, north of Viipuri, Karjala, Finland, 30 Jun 1944; note destroyed Russian T-34 tank in background

German soldier with binoculars in the Flanders region of France or Belgium, Jun 1944; note PzKpfw 35 S 739(f) medium tank in background	Medics helping injured soldier, France, 1944