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| An US Army colonel and a French civilian in Cherbourg during the playing of the American national anthem, 28 Jun 1944 | Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 5 |
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| Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 5 | Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 3 of 5 |
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| Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 5 | Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Jun 1944, photo 5 of 5 |
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| LSTs unloading at low tide in the Easy sector of Omaha Beach, Normandy, 28 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2; note Gooseberry breakwater offshore | LSTs unloading at low tide in the Easy sector of Omaha Beach, Normandy, 28 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note wrecked LCI(L) in the center |
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| Maj General Willis H Hale (front seat) and Vice Admiral John H Hoover tour Aslito Field, Saipan, Marianas (later Isley Field), Jun 28, 1944, ten days after the area was captured from the Japanese. Note P-47 Thunderbolt. | US Army African-American soldiers setting up a 155mm howitzer in France, 28 Jun 1944 |
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| US Army troops attempted to blow up a German pillbox near Cherbourg, 28 Jun 1944 | US Army troops marched German prisoners of war through Cherbourg, 28 Jun 1944 |
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| A deck level view of the back of the conning tower of captured German submarine U-505 shortly after arrival at Bermuda, 19 to 29 Jun 1944. Fleet tug USS Abnaki is at left and covered lighter YFN-275 is at right. | Fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator “Little Warrior” with the 861st Bomb Squadron explode over Fallersleben, Germany after anti-aircraft hit, Jun 29 1944. Photo taken by Clifford A Stocking, waist gunner on “Green Hornet.” |
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| Starboard side view of USS Ticonderoga as she steamed off Puerto Rico toward Trinidad on her shakedown cruise, Jun 29, 1944. Note original length of the flight deck short of the bow, extended to cover bow 2 months later. | Carrier USS Ticonderoga conducting flight operations during her shakedown cruise while en route Trinidad, 30 Jun 1944. Note landing F6F Hellcat and two Coast Guard escort boats. Photo 1 of 2. |
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| Carrier USS Ticonderoga conducting flight operations during her shakedown cruise while en route Trinidad, 30 Jun 1944. Note landing F6F Hellcat and two Coast Guard escort boats. Photo 2 of 2. | Cruiser USS Portland as seen off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California after overhaul, 30 Jul 1944. She is painted in Measure 32, Design 7D. Photo 1 of 2 |
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| Cruiser USS Portland as seen off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California after overhaul, 30 Jul 1944. She is painted in Measure 32, Design 7D. Photo 2 of 2 | Major General J. Lawton Collins described to Lieutenant General Omar Bradley how Cherbourg was taken, circa late Jun or early Jul 1944 |
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