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| A Hitler Youth soldier captured by Canadian soldiers, Caen, France, 9 Aug 1944 | B-24G Liberator “Fertile Myrtle” with the 724th Bomb Squadron flying over the burning oil refinery at Almásfüzitő, Hungary on the banks of the Danube, 9 Aug 1944. |
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| British PIAT team, Normanie, France, 9 Aug 1944 | Tench-class submarine Tirante sliding down the ways at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, United States, 9 Aug 1944. |
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