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A German Tiger II tank being painted, France, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 3	A German Tiger II tank being painted, France, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 3

A German Tiger II tank being painted, France, Jun 1944, photo 3 of 3	A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 1 of 2

A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 2 of 2	A Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg.

A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944	A P-47D Thunderbolt of the 318th Fighter Group is loaded into an Escort Carrier hangar bay by way of the aircraft elevator, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 1944. The Fighter Group was on its way to Saipan, Marianas.

A Roman Catholic chaplain performing mass on the deck of USS Iowa as they closed on the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944. Note the colors of the ship’s paint and the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft mounts.	A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2

A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 2 of 2	Aerial view of Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii with Kaneohe Bay seen beyond the airstrip, Jun 1944.

African-American pilots Capt. Lemuel Custis and Capt. Charles Hall of the US Army 99th Fighter Squadron on leave in New York City, New York, United States, Jun 1944	American and Soviet servicemen address bombs to Germany at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, summer 1944.

American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944	American troops carrying supplies inland from Anzio, Italy, May-Jun 1944

An A-20B Havoc being refueled from fuel drums from a G-506 truck, circa 1944, probably in Italy.	B-17G Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Squadron are joined by a damaged P-38J Lightning fighter on the return from a mission, before 10 Jun 1944. Note feathered engine on the P-38 with oil stains covering the engine cowling

B-24 Liberators of the 27th and 38th Bombardment Squadrons, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, June 1944.	B-26 Marauder departing from a bomb strike on Auderville, France, Jun-Jul, 1944