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| Captain Arleigh Burke (third from left) with his US Navy Destroyer Squadron 23 captains at 'Cloob Des-Slot', Fleet Recreation Center, Port Purvis, Nggela Sule (Florida Island), Solomon Islands, 24 May 1944 | German prisoners of war at Cisterna, Italy, late May 1944 |
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| King George VI aboard USS Ancon accompanied by US officers Rear Admiral John Hall, Jr. and Commander Mead Pearson, 25 May 1944 | Royal Navy Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Naval commander of the Normandy operations, and US Navy Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., commander of amphibious operations, aboard AGC-4 USS Ancon, 25 May 1944, the day King George VI visited the ship |
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| US Navy Rear Admiral Alan G Kirk introducing his staff to King George VI of the United Kingdom, Portland, England, 25 May 1944. Admiral Kirk was in command of all US Naval forces for the Normandy landings. | William Halsey with US Marines, sailors, and soldiers, Emirau Island, Bismarck Archipelago, 25 May 1944 |
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| B-24D Liberator bomber 'First Sergeant' burning prior to take-off at RAF Horsham St. Faiths, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom after accidental discharge of box of flares by a flare gun, 27 May 1944 | Captain Paul W. Watson of USS Coral Sea inspecting the A Division on the flight deck, 27 May 1944 |
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| Captain Paul W. Watson of USS Coral Sea inspecting the S Division on the flight deck, 27 May 1944 | Page 1 of report describing how B-24D Liberator aircraft 'First Sergeant' burned at RAF Horsham St. Faiths, Norfolk, England after a flare gun accidentally set off flares, 27 May 1944 |
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| Page 2 of report describing how B-24D Liberator aircraft 'First Sergeant' burned at RAF Horsham St. Faiths, Norfolk, England after a flare gun accidentally set off flares, 27 May 1944 | Japanese-American soldiers of the US 100th Infantry Battalion marching in the Valletri area of Italy, 28 May 1944 |
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| Sargo-class submarine USS Saury underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 28 May 1944. Note that Saury’s deck gun has been moved back to abaft the conning tower. | USS Becuna, late May 1944 |
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| Bow on view of USS Hornet (Essex-class) at anchor in Berth X-14, Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 29 May 1944. Note F6F Hellcat fighters spotted on the flight deck. | US Army Pfc. Edward J. Foley of the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division cleaning his Springfield M1903A4 sniper rifle, near Valletri, Italy, 29 May 1944 |
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| USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. |
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| USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. |
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