A French Army colonel awarding Operation Jedburgh personnel Jean Larrieu the Croix de Guerre with Palm, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France, 5 Sep 1944African-American US Army nurses in a classroom at the Army Nurse Training Center in England, United Kingdom, 5 Sep 1944Broadside view of the starboard side of the USS Hornet (Essex-class) under way showing her Dazzle MS33/3a paint scheme, 5 Sep 1944.Corporal Charles Johnson of the 783rd Military Police Battalion waved on a supply truck near Alenon, France, 5 Sep 1944
A French Army colonel awarding Operation Jedburgh personnel Jean Larrieu the Croix de Guerre with Palm, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France, 5 Sep 1944African-American US Army nurses in a classroom at the Army Nurse Training Center in England, United Kingdom, 5 Sep 1944Broadside view of the starboard side of the USS Hornet (Essex-class) under way showing her Dazzle MS33/3a paint scheme, 5 Sep 1944.Corporal Charles Johnson of the 783rd Military Police Battalion waved on a supply truck near Alenon, France, 5 Sep 1944
Ford Island Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during the build-up before the Leyte Gulf landings with over 1,000 aircraft visible on the islands with more arriving on transport carriers, Sep 5, 1944.German prisoners of war, captured by men of US 82nd Airborne Division, Sep 1944LST-72 and LST-325 unloading directly onto trucks after being left Map depicting the dispositions of the US 3rd Army at the evening of 5 Sep 1944
Ford Island Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during the build-up before the Leyte Gulf landings with over 1,000 aircraft visible on the islands with more arriving on transport carriers, Sep 5, 1944.German prisoners of war, captured by men of US 82nd Airborne Division, Sep 1944LST-72 and LST-325 unloading directly onto trucks after being left 'high and dry' by the tide at Morlaix, France, 5 Sep 1944Map depicting the dispositions of the US 3rd Army at the evening of 5 Sep 1944
Map depicting the German front in Northeastern France, 5 Sep 1944
Map depicting the German front in Northeastern France, 5 Sep 1944


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