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US Army troops trying load a Jeep into the side door of a Horsa I glider during an exercise, United Kingdom, 22 Apr 1944. Note a combat load would have backed the Jeep in; the Horsa II nose section was hinged and swung out of the way for straight-in loading.	US Signal Corps cameramen Carl Weinke and Ernest Marjoram in New Guinea stream, 22 Apr 1944	Welbike motorcycle being assembled in the field during an exercise in the United Kingdom, 22 Apr 1944	Spruance, portrait, 23 Apr 1944

United States Army map of the invasion beachhead at Aitape, New Guinea depicting the progress after the landings of 23 Apr 1944.	Portrait of Air Chief Marshal Harris of RAF Bomber Command, taken at his HQ at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 24 Apr 1944	Quarter bow view of a Landing Craft Flak (LCF) during invasion rehearsal off the Isle of Wight, Southern England, United Kingdom, 28 Apr 1944	Amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 25 Apr 1944

Stockpile of Pipe at a US Army supply base in England, United Kingdom in preparation for the invasion of France, 25 Apr 1944	US troops conducting landing exercises at Slapton Sands, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, 25 Apr 1944	Yard full of coils of communications cable at US Army Quartermaster Depot G-22 in Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefordshire, England, in preparation of invasion of France, 25 Apr 1944	Civilian workers pose with sections of an Airspeed Horsa glider, as received from the manufacturers, before assembly at No. 6 Maintenance Unit, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 26 Apr 1944.

Close-up of the flame projector of a Churchill Crocodile tank during trials at Eastwell Park, Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 26 Apr 1944	Kluge, Himmler, Dönitz, and Keitel at the funeral service of Colonel General Hans Hube, 26 Apr 1944	Map depicting Operation Cartwheel and the invasion of Gilbert and Marshall Islands, 30 Jun 1943-26 Apr 1944	Mechanics working on a PBY Catalina engine at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, 26-27 Apr 1944

USS Maryland underway in Puget Sound, Washington, United States 26 Apr 1944 after an overhaul. Note absence of caged superstructure and fresh Measure 31, Design 7D paint scheme.	USS Washington off Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States, 26 Apr 1944	Canadian 1st Special Service Force troops relaxing near Anzio, Italy, 20-27 Apr 1944	Sherman Crab flail tank under test with the UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, 27 Apr 1944