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View of the Poltava tent city as seen from an arriving B-17 Fortress on an Operation Frantic mission, Poltava, Ukraine, summer 1944 (still image from an Army Signal Corps movie film).	WASP pilot Florene Watson, one of the original WAF pilots, warming up her P-51D aircraft in Long Beach, California, United States, spring 1944

WASP pilot Helen W. Snapp flying her A-25A Shrike tow aircraft near Camp Stewart, Georgia, United States, Jun 1944	WASP pilot Margaret Phelan Taylor, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, Jun 1944

Workers arriving at the CalShip yard by ferry, circa 1944, Los Angeles, California, United States. Note the fourteen CalShip shipways.	Workmen inspecting the hull damage to USS Nashville in Jun 1944 after a bomb near-miss in the Bismarck Sea on 4 Jun 1944. Photo probably taken at Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island. Note the shrapnel splatter pattern.

Yeoman 2nd Class Bernice Elliot and Yeoman 3rd Class Martha Dietlin watched as Seaman 1st Class Kay Magee tried on her Overseas Cap, Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 1944-1945	Zuikaku and two destroyers at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, Jun 1944

A Rhino barge docked with LST-347 in Portland Harbor, Dorset, England, United Kingdom during preparations for the Normandy invasion, 1 Jun 1944.	A Soviet soldier being awarded the Defense of Leningrad medal, 1 Jun 1944

P-47D Thunderbolts of the 318th Fighter Group are loaded onto Escort Carrier USS Natoma Bay, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 1, 1944. The Fighter Group was on its way to Saipan, Marianas. Note USS Manila Bay with the rest of the Fighter Group’s Thunderbolts.	US Army Rangers awaited the invasion signal in a landing craft in an English port, circa early Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2; note the bazooka and the M1 Garand rifles

US Army Rangers awaited the invasion signal in a landing craft in an English port, circa early Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note the bazooka and the M1 Garand rifles	US LSTs 284, 380, 382, and 499 loading men, vehicles, and supplies for the upcoming Normandy Invasion in Brixham Harbor, Devon, England, Jun 1 1944. Note wings and fuselage of an Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper observation aircraft on a CCKW truck.

Wallet certificate issued to AOM2c Neil Wirick of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 aboard the USS Princeton on the occasion of crossing the 180th meridian, which happened on 1 Jun 1944 as Princeton steamed from Hawaii to Majuro.	B-17 Fortress bombers of the 97th Bomb Group based in Italy flying over the Dinaric Alps in Yugoslavia on their way to bases in Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, 2 Jun 1944.

Lieutenant Gilbert A. Milne of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve with a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera, 2 Jun 1944.	Soviet Air Force Major General Alexei R. Perminov, commander of the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the occasion of welcoming the first American Operation Frantic bombers to the base, 2 Jun 1944.

United States ambassador to the USSR, W. Averell Harriman, being greeted by Soviet MGen Alexei Perminov, at the air base at Poltava, Ukraine on the arrival of the first US bombers of Operation Frantic, 2 Jun 1944.	Grave of Stefanica Paunescu, Poland, Jun 1944