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German troops posing with a Sturmgeschütz III vehicle, near Monte Cassino, Italy, Apr-May 1944	German troops with Panzerschreck anti-tank weapon, Italy, Apr-May 1944; note MP 40 submachine gun and Model 24 grenade nearby

German Waffen-SS Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann on a Tiger I heavy tank, Northern France, May 1944, photo 1 of 2	German Waffen-SS Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann on a Tiger I heavy tank, Northern France, May 1944, photo 2 of 2

Good view of a Rhino barge as crews drill in English waters prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Rhino barges were an assembly of 180 welded 5x7x5 foot steel boxes powered by 2 outboard motors of 143 hp each.	Group photo of the Air Center Photo Lab personnel at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, circa 1944.

Gurkha troops advancing with tanks on the Imphal-Kohima Road, India, Mar-Jul 1944	Hasso von Manteuffel with field glasses, May 1944. Note the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Panzer Badge.

Heavy cruiser USS Chester in San Francisco Bay, California off Hunters Point Naval Shipyard after receiving new paint scheme Measure 32 Design 9D, May 1944	Hull underway, May 1944

Indianapolis in an unidentified Pacific harbor, circa May-Oct 1944	Japanese heavy cruiser Maya on a training run off Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Islands, May 1944

Laffey underway, circa mid-1944	Lancaster BII “Fanny Ferkin II” s/n DS842 of No. 514 Squadron landing at RAF Deenethorpe, base of the USAAF 401st Bomb Group, for a lecture tour of American bases, May 1944

Live ammunition amphibious training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 1944	LST-77 off-loading M4 Sherman tanks at Anzio, Italy, May 1944; note the small barge capsized in the background and LCVP on the LST's davits

Map of the Allied Operation Diadem plan for the Anzio, Italy area, May 1944	Mess hall and barracks under construction, Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, Colts Neck, New Jersey, United States, May 1944

Monte Cassino monastery in ruins, Italy, 1944	P-38J Lightning assigned to Howard Fotheringham of the 80th Fighter Squadron on the pad at Nadzab Airstrip near Lae, New Guinea, May 1944