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US Navy LST-134 and LST-325 beached at Normandy, France as jeeps driving along the invasion beach carry casualties to the waiting vessels, 12 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 4	US Navy LST-134 beached at Normandy, France while unloading during low tide, 12 Jun 1944; note barrage balloons overhead providing protection from air attack and DUCKs on the beach	Carriers San Jacinto and Lexington off the Mariana Islands, 13 Jun 1944	Jeep bringing casualties to a LST for evacuation, Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 13 Jun 1944; note line of German POWs

Photo from an SBD Dauntless moments after taking off from the USS Lexington (Essex-class) for strikes against Saipan in the Mariana Islands, 13 Jun 1944	Task Force bound from Kwajalein to Saipan for the invasion of the Mariana Islands, mid-Jun 1944. Photo taken from USS Honolulu. Note the OS2U Kingfisher float plane on the catapult.	US Coast Guard Captain AC Richard disembarking USS Augusta during a tour of the beachhead by senior officers, 14 Jun 1944, off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.	US Navy officers on the bridge of the captured U-505, 14 Jun 1944, Cdr Earl Trosino, Capt Daniel Gallery, and Lt(jg) Albert David. The U-505 was captured by Capt Gallery’s hunter group built around the USS Guadalcanal

US Navy photo of the diesel engines aboard the captured U-505, 14 Jun 1944	USS Bainbridge refueling from USS Hancock in the Atlantic Ocean, 14 Jun 1944	USS Braine transferring wounded to USS New Mexico, 14 Jun 1944	Cruiser Mogami passing through San Bernardino Strait, Philippine Islands, 15 Jun 1944; photo taken from cruiser Maya

Cruisers USS New Orleans and St. Louis bombard Saipan in the Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944. Photo taken from USS Wichita.	DUKW loaded with supplies for supplying the Normandy beachhead boarding LST-543, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	DUKW loaded with supplies for supplying the Normandy beachhead boarding LST-543, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2	Indianapolis and Birmingham bombarding Saipan amidst advancing LVTs, 15 Jun 1944

New Mexico's 5in guns prepared to bombard Saipan, 15 Jun 1944	TBM-1C Avenger crash landed aboard USS Hornet (Essex-class) after the landing gear collapsed due to hydraulic failure from battle damage, 15 Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2.	TBM-1C Avenger crash landed aboard USS Hornet (Essex-class) after the landing gear collapsed due to hydraulic failure from battle damage, 15 Jun 1944. Photo 2 of 2.	USS Marcus Island at Espiritu Santo, 15 Jun 1944; note Camouflage Measure 32 Design 15A