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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.	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	German prisoners of war, Saint-Malo, France, late 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.