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| Admirals William Halsey and Raymond Spruance aboard USS New Mexico, 27 May 1945 | African-American members of the US Army 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion parading in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake, Rouen, France, 27 May 1945 | Japanese policemen identifying victims of American bombing, near Aoyama Police Station, Tokyo, Japan, 27 May 1945 | Sherman tanks of US 6th Marine Division at Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 27 May 1945 |
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| US soldiers on a path high on the Tyrol Schistose Alps near Innsbruck, Austria, 27 May 1945 |
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