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| A French Army Sherman tank landed on a Normandy beach from LST-517, 2 Aug 1944 | A school destroyed during the uprising, Warsaw, Poland, 2 Aug 1944 | A town in shambles after American bombardment, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1944 | Canadian Major General Rod Keller addressing troops in Normandy, France, 2 Aug 1944 |
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| Destroyer Escort USS Fiske broken in two and sinking in the North Atlantic after being torpedoed by German submarine U-804, 2 Aug 1944. | Polish insurgent fighter positioning himself on a roof, Evangelic Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland, 2 Aug 1944 | Polish resistance fighter with Blyskawica submachine gun during the Warsaw Uprising, Powisle district, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1944 | Portrait of Winston Churchill taken in London, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1944 |
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| Sub Chaser SC-1062 off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Aug 1944. Note the stowed Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck. | Wounded Polish insurgent fighter being evacuated from the Evangelical Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland, early Aug 1944 |
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