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| British General Harold Alexander, US Lieutenant General George Patton, and US Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard USS Ancon off Mers El Kébir, Algeria, 23 Jun 1943 | Emperor Showa (Hirohito; front center) with Japanese Navy officers aboard Musashi, off Yokosuka, Japan, 24 Jun 1943; Musashi was carrying the remains of Isoroku Yamamoto |
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| Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa training aircraft of No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, England, United Kingdom, 24 Jun 1943. The paratroops were taking part in a press day exercise. | USS S-28 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 24 Jun 1943, photo 1 of 3 |
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| USS S-28 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 24 Jun 1943, photo 2 of 3 | USS S-28 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 24 Jun 1943, photo 3 of 3 |
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| USS South Dakota in the Hvalfjordur, Iceland, 24 Jun 1943 | King George VI with Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal, United Kingdom, 25 Jun 1943 |
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| USS Cowpens at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Jun 1943 | Commander of United States Naval Forces in the Atlantic Admiral Harold Stark aboard the battleship USS South Dakota at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, 26 Jun 1943. |
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| Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 17 on a training flight in the eastern United States, 26 Jun 1943. Three weeks later, this squadron would deploy aboard USS Bunker Hill. | Beaufighter Mk VIF aircraft of No. 272 Squadron RAF Coastal Command at Takali airfield, Malta, 27 Jun 1943 |
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| Sister-ships USS St. Louis (left) and USS Helena steaming north from Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides toward the Solomon Islands, 28 Jun 1943. Helena would be lost two weeks later. | Speer inspecting a captured Russian T-34 tank, 28 Jun 1943 |
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| Two B-17 Fortresses of the 94th Bombardment Group approaching an airfield in England, United Kingdom, 28 Jun 1943 (aircraft serial numbers 42-30382 above and 42-30376 below). | African-American US Army Captain E. H. Lowe pinning the 2nd Lieutenant insignia on James B. Morris, Camp Columbia, Brisbane, Australia, 29 Jun 1943 |
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| Americans sought cover on the beach of Rendova Island, 30 Jun 1943 | 155mm Gun M1 field guns of Battery A of USMC 9th Defense Battalion being loaded onto a LCT for transport to Piru Plantation, Tambusolo Island, Solomon Islands, Jul 1943 |
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| 155mm Gun M1 of the US Marine Corps being towed on the island of Rendova, Solomon Islands, Jul 1943 | A German tank crew taking a break near their Tiger I heavy tank, near Kursk, Russia, summer 1943 |
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