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Battleship Missouri, large cruiser Alaska, escort carrier Croatan, and destroyers at Norfolk Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 20 Aug 1944	Charles de Gaulle spoke at the balcony of Hotel de Ville, Cherbourg, France, 20 Aug 1944

Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron in formation over Western Europe, late Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighter Jerzy Siwiec throwing a German Model 24 grenade at Slepa Street in the Old Town section of Warsaw, Poland, late Aug 1944

Polish resistance fighter Roman Marchel posing with a captured MP 40 submachine gun during the Warsaw Uprising, Ciepla Street, Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighters and a German POW, Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944

Polish resistance fighters Edward Mortko, Bernard Zieliński, Zbigniew Maliński, and Kazimierz Zagórski of 'Kiliński' battalion near the PAST building on Zielona Street in Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944	The port of Brest, France after British aerial bombardment, circa late Aug 1944

WAVES personnel examining a 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944	WAVES personnel examining aircraft propellers aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944

WAVES personnel touring escort carrier Mission Bay's pilothouse, 20 Aug 1944	F6F-3N Hellcat night fighter of Marine Night Fighter Squadron 534 running up its engine at Orote airfield, Guam, Marianas, Aug 21 1944. Note radome on left wing.

General Bernard Montgomery and Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden at Montgomery’s mobile headquarters in Blay, Normandy, France, 21 Aug 1944.	General Charles de Gaulle talking with General Dwight Eisenhower during an inspection of US troops at Eisenhower's headquarters in France, 21 Aug 1944

Generals Courtney Hodges, Henry (Harry) Crerar, Bernard Montgomery, Omar Bradley, and Miles Dempsey after a tactical meeting in a Normandy hayfield, 21 Aug 1944.	USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 4.

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 4.	USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 3 of 4.

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 4 of 4.	USS Spearfish mid-overhaul off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, 21 Aug 1944. Note that her deck gun has been repositioned back to the aft position.