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Two German Tiger II heavy tanks with Porsche-built turrets on the move, France, Jun 1944	Two German Tiger II heavy tanks with so-called "Porsche" turrets (actually a Krupp design) at rest, France, Jun 1944

United States Coast Guard Captains Edward Fritzche (left) and Miles Imlay (right) examining a relief map of Omaha Beach laid out in the hold of the Attack Transport USS Samuel Chase, Jun 1944.	United States Navy photograph of Rear Admiral Walden Ainsworth, 1943-44.

US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2

US Army M4 Sherman tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944	US Army troops drive by the people of Montebourg, Normandy, France, June 1944. Note M2 Half-Track “Dirty Gertie” and M4 Sherman Duplex-Drive tank with soldiers sitting on the folded skirt frame.

US forces on Biak island, Dutch New Guinea, May-Jun 1944	US generals Geoffrey Keyes, Robert Frederick, and Mark Clark in discussion near Rome, Italy, May-Jun 1944

US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 2 of 3.	US Navy Lt Robert F Doyle shaking hands with his wingman, Ens John F Mudge, after their return from a gunfire-spotting and strafing mission over the Normandy beaches, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, UK, Jun 1944.

US Navy sailors assisting US Army soldiers board a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) from an LCVP landing craft, probably in southern England, UK, early June 1944.	US Navy sailors manning an LCVP in the English Channel, mid June 1944. Note the LCVP’s plywood construction.

US Pilots of 380th Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group with P-51D Mustang 'Fools Paradise IV' at Maupertus Airfield, Cherbourg, France, Jul-Aug 1944; note Jeep and CCKW fuel truck	US Sailor removing the securing lines before launching a Mark XIII aerial torpedo from PT Boat operating from the Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Florida, United States, 1944.

US troops marching along Highway 6 toward Rome, Italy, Jun 1944	US troops ready to board landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 3 of 3.

USAAF personnel resting near Hollandia Airfield, Dutch New Guinea, mid-1944	USS Enterprise steaming in company with USS Lexington (Essex-class) off the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944.