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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 2 of 2	Aerial view of Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii with Kaneohe Bay seen beyond the airstrip, Jun 1944.	African-American pilots Capt. Lemuel Custis and Capt. Charles Hall of the US Army 99th Fighter Squadron on leave in New York City, New York, United States, Jun 1944	American and Soviet servicemen address bombs to Germany at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, summer 1944.

American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944	American troops carrying supplies inland from Anzio, Italy, May-Jun 1944	B-17G Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Squadron are joined by a damaged P-38J Lightning fighter on the return from a mission, before 10 Jun 1944. Note feathered engine on the P-38 with oil stains covering the engine cowling	B-24 Liberators of the 27th and 38th Bombardment Squadrons, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, June 1944.

B-26 Marauder departing from a bomb strike on Auderville, France, Jun-Jul, 1944	British and Indian troops in the Imphal-Kohima area, India, Mar-Jul 1944	British landing craft, US Army troops, and US Coast Guard LCI(L)s staged at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom prior to the Normandy invasion, June 1944.	British troops loading 6-pdr anti-tank gun aboard Horsa Mk I glider through side door, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944; note gun's legs were modified to fit in glider

Camouflaged German 17 cm K 18 gun, France, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 3	Camouflaged German 17 cm K 18 gun, France, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 3	Camouflaged German 17 cm K 18 gun, France, Jun 1944, photo 3 of 3	Camouflaged German soldier with 3 HL shaped charge, France, Jun 1944

Canadian personnel man a portable Triple Polsten 20mm anti-aircraft mount, a descendant of the Oerlikon design. France, Jun 1944.	Captain Dixie Kiefer (right) talking it over with his executive officer Commander Willian O. Burch on the bridge of the USS Ticonderoga during her shakedown cruise, Jun 1944.	CG-4A glider making a training landing at Beuzeville Airfield, Sainte-Mère-Église, France, Jun 1944; note invasion stripes.	Chinese mortar regiment going through entrance to Ramgarh Training Center, India, Jun 1944; note US instructor at the head of column