Photos Taken on 04 Jun 1944 | World War II Database


A salvage party from USS Guadalcanal on the captured German submarine U-505, 4 Jun 1944 in the eastern Atlantic. Note the twin 20mm anti-aircraft guns and the seashell insignia on the tower.	Abandoned by her crew but with engines still running, German Type IXC submarine U-505 circles at 7 knots before US boarding parties complete the capture off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944.

Abandoned by her crew but with engines still running, German U-505 circles at 7 knots as US boarding parties complete the capture and escort USS Chatelain stands by off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944.	After being abandoned by her crew, an American boarding party comes alongside the damaged German U-505 off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944. Destroyer Escort USS Chatelain circles the capture.

Boarding party from USS Pillsbury working to secure a tow line to U-505’s bow in the western Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944. Note the large United States flag flying from the submarine’s periscope.	Boarding party working on the captured U-505’s bow in the western Atlantic as the carrier USS Guadalcanal approaches to take the submarine in tow, 4 Jun 1944.

Captured German crewmen from U-505 climbing a Jacob’s ladder from a whaleboat to come aboard USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), after their rescue from the Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944.	Destroyer Escort USS Pillsbury alongside the captured U-505 off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944

Ground Crewmen with Bombing Squadron 139 posing with their squadron mascot in front of the tail section of a PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber on Attu Island, Alaska, 4 Jun 1944. Note the Marsden mat surface.	Major General R. N. Gale of UK 6th Airborne Division talking to troops of 5th Parachute Brigade, Royal Air Force Harwell, Berkshire, England, UK, 4 or 5 Jun 1944

Map of Allied advance toward Rome, Italy, 31 May-4 Jun 1944	Risto Ryti and Carl Mannerheim reviewing troops at Enso, Finland, 4 Jun 1944

TBF Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Guadalcanal overflying the captured German Type IXC submarine U-505 as a salvage crew assembles on the U-Boat’s bow. A US whale boat and an escort stand by, 4 Jun 1944.	United States Navy salvage crew on the bow and bridge of the captured U-505 off the West African coast, 4 Jun 1944

US infantry running past a burning tank, Rome, Italy, 4 Jun 1944	US troops marching into Rome, Italy, 4 Jun 1944

USS Pillsbury crew members who were the first party to board the German submarine U-505 after being abandoned by her crew, eastern Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944.