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Members of the British Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at an RAF glider station repair and pack colored parachutes for use by airborne troops during the Normandy invasion, 31 May 1944.	Polish light cruiser Dragon, late May 1944	Rommel observing the Atlantic Wall near Ouistreham, Normandy, France, late May 1944	WAAF personnel repairing and packing parachutes at an RAF glider station, Britain, 31 May 1944

Troops of the of the Westminster Regiment, 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade posing on a disabled Hornisse/Nashorn tank destroyer near Pontecorvo, Italy, 26 May 1944	A formation of Ju-87 Stuka bombers near Kandalaksha in northern Russia, Jun 1944.	A formation of P-38 Lightning aircraft of the 20th Fighter Group over France, Jun 1944	A German non-commissioned officer with a Panzerschreck weapon, France or Belgium, Jun 1944

A German soldier spray painting a Jagdpanther tank destroyer for camouflage, France, Jun 1944	A German tank destroyer crewman posing next to his Jagdpanther, France, Jun 1944	A German Tiger II tank being painted, France, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 3	A German Tiger II tank being painted, France, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 3

A German Tiger II tank being painted, France, Jun 1944, photo 3 of 3	A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 1 of 2	A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 2 of 2	A Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg.

A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944	A P-47D Thunderbolt of the 318th Fighter Group is loaded into an Escort Carrier hangar bay by way of the aircraft elevator, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 1944. The Fighter Group was on its way to Saipan, Marianas.	A Roman Catholic chaplain performing mass on the deck of USS Iowa as they closed on the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944. Note the colors of the ship’s paint and the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft mounts.	A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2