A Gooseberry line of block ships off the Normandy beaches, Ouistreham, France, Jun 1944; note sunken British ship Durban, sunken Dutch ship Sumatra, and two active DUKW craftCarrier 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.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
A Gooseberry line of block ships off the Normandy beaches, Ouistreham, France, Jun 1944; note sunken British ship Durban, sunken Dutch ship Sumatra, and two active DUKW craftCarrier 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.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
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 2Finnish Army sergeants Kaarlo Niemelä (leading, with panzerfaust and KP/-31) and Heino Nikulassi (with panzerfaust and small arms on his back) during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, north of Viipuri, Karjala, Finland, 30 Jun 1944; note destroyed Russian T-34 tank in backgroundGerman soldier with binoculars in the Flanders region of France or Belgium, Jun 1944; note PzKpfw 35 S 739(f) medium tank in backgroundMajor General J. Lawton Collins described to Lieutenant General Omar Bradley how Cherbourg was taken, circa late Jun or early Jul 1944
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 2Finnish Army sergeants Kaarlo Niemelä (leading, with panzerfaust and KP/-31) and Heino Nikulassi (with panzerfaust and small arms on his back) during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, north of Viipuri, Karjala, Finland, 30 Jun 1944; note destroyed Russian T-34 tank in backgroundGerman soldier with binoculars in the Flanders region of France or Belgium, Jun 1944; note PzKpfw 35 S 739(f) medium tank in backgroundMajor General J. Lawton Collins described to Lieutenant General Omar Bradley how Cherbourg was taken, circa late Jun or early Jul 1944
Map depicting the Salween Offensive, 11 May-30 Jun 1944Medics helping injured soldier, France, 1944Unfinished German submarine pen at Cherbourg, France, 30 Jun 1944USS New Mexico
Map depicting the Salween Offensive, 11 May-30 Jun 1944Medics helping injured soldier, France, 1944Unfinished German submarine pen at Cherbourg, France, 30 Jun 1944USS New Mexico's 14-inch projectiles on starboard deck forward while being replenished at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands 30 Jun 1944 prior to the invasion of Guam
USS North Carolina off Saipan, Mariana Islands, mid- to late-Jun 1944
USS North Carolina off Saipan, Mariana Islands, mid- to late-Jun 1944


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