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USS Kete underway in Lake Michigan, United States, 15 Aug 1944	Winston Churchill with the crew of HMS Kimberley in the Mediterranean Sea off southern France, 14-16 Aug 1944

British Secretary of State for War, Sir James Grigg, greeting Eighth Corps senior officers at Corps headquarters in Normandy, France during a tour of the forward areas, 16 Aug 1944.	Omaha during southern France landings, Aug 1944; cruiser Philadelphia and SOC Seagull aircraft in foreground, French destroyer and light cruiser in background, and Augusta in background

Salmon at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 16 Aug 1944	Ammunition dump explosion in Cherbourg harbor, France, 17 Aug 1944

Canadian soldiers at the Falaise, France town entrance, 17 Aug 1944	Propellers and after-bodies of Mark XV torpedoes at the Amertorp torpedo factory, Forest Park, Illinois, United States, 17 Aug 1944.

Lord Louis Mountbatten visiting General Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s mobile headquarters in Blay, Normandy, France, 18 Aug 1944.	Russian Army Captain Orset Chevstov receiving a painting from African-American merchant seaman and artist George Wright, 18 Aug 1944; note painting theme of Russo-American cooperation

Map depicting Operation Bagration, 22 Jun-19 Aug 1944	Simone Segouin fighting in central France, 19 Aug 1944

WAVES personnel at the bow of Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, during her shakedown period, 19 Aug 1944	WAVES Yeoman Second Class Blanche Oswald and Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin aboard USS Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, 19 Aug 1944. Note USS Alaska and escort carrier USS Croatan.

WAVES Yeoman Second Class Blanche Oswald and Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin in a 5in twin gun turret aboard Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, 19 Aug 1944	WAVES Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin exiting the rear door of a 5in twin gun turret aboard Missouri, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States, during her shakedown period, 19 Aug 1944

Air Attack on German submarine U-1229 by Lt(jg) Bernard Sissler flying from USS Bogue, 20 Aug 1944. The submarine was sunk with 18 killed and 41 surviving. Note the raised “Schnorkel” device.	American soldiers and vehicle in Ballon, France, circa 18-20 Aug 1944

American troops posing with a captured Nazi flag and a wrecked German tank, Chambois, France, 20 Aug 1944	B-26 Marauder bomber 'Flossies Fury' hit directly by a ground-based 88mm anti-aircraft shell over Toulon, France, 20 Aug 1944.