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CG-4A and Horsa gliders at an English airfield preparing for the Normandy invasion, May 1944; note the application of invasion stripes still in-progress	Commodore Leslie Gehres, commander of Fleet Air Wing Four, posing after being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Adak, Alaska, mid-1944.

Cruiser USS Honolulu at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, late Apr 1944. Note men painting near the waterline and the two LCVPs alongside.	Demonstration of the Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon, Italy, Apr-May 1944

Destroyed Elefant tank destroyer in Italy, Apr-May 1944	Destroyed German vehicles north of Cassino, Italy, 1944

DUKWs lining up in a forest in preparation for Normandy invasion, England, United Kingdom, May 1944	DUKWs on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex, England prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note components of the artificial Mulberry Harbors in the background awaiting deployment.

Eileen Dagg working on .303 Vickers machine gun parts at the John Inglis and Company factory in Toronto, Canada, May 1944	Funeral procession of a Knight's Cross holder, Riga, Latvia, Apr-May 1944; note Marder II tank destroyer carrying flag-draped coffin

General der Panzertruppen Adolf Kuntzen inspecting a Panzerschreck weapon, near Étretat, France, May 1944	German half-tracks towing 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank guns, Vitebsk, Russia, May 1944

German Minister of Armaments Albert Speer (front) and Field Marshal Erhard Milch (rear) in an automobile en route to inspect a defense plant, Germany, May 1944	German Minister of Armaments Albert Speer, Field Marshal Erhard Milch, and aircraft designer Willy Messerschmitt inspecting a defense plant, Germany, May 1944

German paratroopers near Cassino, Italy, Apr-May 1944	German pilot, probably Klaus Mietusch, exiting his Bf 109 fighter after a mission, 26 Mar 1944-18 Nov 1944, photo 1 of 2

German pilot, probably Klaus Mietusch, exiting his Bf 109 fighter after a mission, 26 Mar 1944-18 Nov 1944, photo 2 of 2	German PzKpfw III, IV, V, and VI heavy tanks in a field, Italy, Apr-May 1944

German soldier testing a captured British PIAT anti-tank launcher, France, circa May 1944	German Tiger I heavy tank and Hornisse/Nashorn tank destroyer in Italy, Apr-May 1944; note disabled American M4 Sherman medium tank between them