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| View of USS Iowa's superstructure, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 9 Jul 1943 | Crew of a German Tiger I heavy tank resting beside a road during Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Crew of a German Tiger I heavy tank resting beside a road during Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943, photo 2 of 2 | Crew of M4 Sherman tank 'Eternity' checking the tank after landing at Red Beach 2, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943 |
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| George Patton at a beach in Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943 | German Panzer III crew of 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' resting near Belgorod, Russia, Jul 1943 |
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| German soldiers of SS-Panzer Grenadier Division 'Das Reich' advance through the southern Voronezh Front during Battle of Kursk, Jul 1943; note Panzer VI/Tiger I tank | Horsa glider on its nose after landing near Syracuse, Sicily, 10 Jul1943 |
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| Landing scene on Red Beach at Gela, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943; note LCI(L)-220 at left, a LCM from USS Bellatrix, two LCVPs, and a jeep | LCVP landing craft suspended from a transport's davits, off the Gela invasion beaches, 10 Jul 1943; note LCM of APA Oberon in background |
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| LCVPs from APAs Barnett and Monrovia unloaded supplies onto the beach near Gela, Sicly, 10 Jul 1943; note LST-344 and LST-338 in background | LST-4 off the beaches of Gela, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943. Note the LCVPs suspended from her davits and note the LCVP’s peculiar spoonbill bow that was so instrumental to the boat’s success. |
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| Men of the British Highland Division unloading stores on a landing beach on the opening day of the invasion of Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943 | Red Army machine gun crew during Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943 |
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| T-34 armored recovery vehicle (ARV) towing a disabled tank at the Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943 | Universal Carrier being pulled by a bulldozer during the Allied landing on Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943 |
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| American transport SS Robert Rowan exploding after being hit by German Ju 88 bombers, Gela, Sicily, at about 1550 to 1555 hours on 11 Jul 1943 | Carrier Independence under overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 11 Jul 1943; note hulls of submarines Spadefish and Trepang nearby |
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| George Patton in Gela, Sicily, Italy, mid-Jul 1943 | Many of the design features of the Essex-class can be seen here as the USS Yorktown squeezes through the locks of the Panama Canal, 11 Jul 1943. Notably, the deck-edge aircraft elevator is in the raised position. |
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