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Conspicuously marked Radio Jeep of the 391st Bomb Group at RAF Matching, England, United Kingdom, 4 Aug 1944.	Map depicting the US 1st Army's breakout in Normandy, France, 24 Jul-4 Aug 1944

Polish resistance fighters with PIAT anti-tank launchers, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1944	USS Enterprise in her new Measure 33-4Ab paint scheme leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for exercises, 4 Aug 1944. Photo 1 of 4.

USS Enterprise in her new Measure 33-4Ab paint scheme leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for exercises, 4 Aug 1944. Photo 2 of 4.	USS Enterprise in her new Measure 33-4Ab paint scheme leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for exercises, 4 Aug 1944. Photo 3 of 4.

USS Enterprise in her new Measure 33-4Ab paint scheme leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for exercises, 4 Aug 1944. Photo 4 of 4.	Finnish soldiers during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Karjala, Finland, 5 Aug 1944; note German panzerfaust anti-armor weapon

Generals Omar Bradley, Bernard Montgomery, and Miles Dempsey with Air-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory in conference on the hood (bonnet) of Montgomery’s Humber Super Snipe staff car, near St. Lô, Normandy, France, 5 Aug 1944.	Polish resistance fighters Wojciech Omyla, Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski, and Tadeusz Milewski in captured German uniforms and Kar98k rifles, Warsaw, Poland, 5 Aug 1944

Wrecked Jagdpanzer 38(t) on the street of Warsaw, Poland, 5 Aug 1944; this vehicle was captured and repaired by Polish fighters, and renamed 'Chwat'; it was later destroyed by Germans during fighting near the main post office	An empty spot in the airfield where a bomb storage hut used to be, RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, 8 Aug 1944.

B-24J Liberator of the 856th Bomb Squadron over the target of the Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery near Hamburg, Germany, Aug 6 1944.	Christening ceremonies for the Haskell-class attack transport USS Hocking (the Haskell-class were modified Victory-ships) at CalShip, Los Angeles, California, United States, 6 Aug 1944.

A column of Kangaroo armored personnel carrier converted from M7 Priest self-propelled artillery vehicles, France, 7 Aug 1944	A German mechanized column destroyed by British aircraft, near Mortain, France, 7 Aug 1944; note dead German soldier near wrecked SdKfz. 251 halftrack vehicle

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sharing a relaxing moment with General Bernard Montgomery’s spaniel puppy “Rommel” at Montgomery’s headquarters at Blay, Normandy, France, 7 Aug 1944.	Japanese-American mortar crew of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing into suspected German sniper positions, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 2

Japanese-American mortar crew of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing into suspected German sniper positions, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 2	Japanese-American soldier of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing at a suspected German sniper position, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944