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US infantry running past a burning tank, Rome, Italy, 4 Jun 1944	US troops marching into Rome, Italy, 4 Jun 1944

USS Pillsbury crew members who were the first party to board the German submarine U-505 after being abandoned by her crew, eastern Atlantic, 4 Jun 1944.	Allied landing ships sailing for the invasion beaches at Normandy, France, 5 Jun 1944

American tank destroyers at the Colosseum, Rome, Italy, Jun 1944	American troops in Rome, circa Jun 1944; note the 'Rome Area Command' building on left and Victor Emmanuel II Monument in background

B-24 Liberator “Memories” of the 465th Bomb Group over Ferrara, Italy Jun 5 1944.	Eisenhower speaking to Easy Company men of the 502d PIR of the US 101st Airborne Division, RAF Greenham Common, Newbury England, 5 Jun 1944

Four stick commanders of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, UK 6th Airborne Division synchronizing watches in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle aircarft of No. 38 Group RAF, RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 5 Jun 1944 at about 2300 hours	General Dwight Eisenhower speaking to airborne troops, England, United Kingdom, 5 Jun 1944; note Major General Ray Barker in background

US troops waiting on a pier in England, United Kingdom, 5 Jun 1944	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at anchor in the Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 5 Jun 1944.

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at anchor in the Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 5 Jun 1944.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at anchor in the Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 5 Jun 1944.

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at anchor in the Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 5 Jun 1944. Note LCVP	1944 United States Army map of the Army Rangers’ attack plan for Pointe du Hoc on the Normandy beaches set for 6 Jun 1944. Note the misspelling of Pointe du Hoc.

A German shell splashed near a LST off Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944	A LCVP from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarked troops on a Normandy beach, 6 Jun 1944

A-20 Havoc bombers of US 416th Bomb Group attacking German road networks in Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Aerial view of Utah Beach, Normandy, France, morning of 6 Jun 1944; note flooded Merderet River valley at top of photo