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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.	Captain Edwards of the 47th Bomb Group prepares to fly his final mission in his A-20B Havoc, “Camille C,” 1944, Italy. Note the plane’s markings for 65 bombing missions.	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

Chinese officers receiving instruction in bulding rafts for personal equipment in the sniper course at the Infantry Training Center, Guilin, Guangxi, China, Jun 1944; note Zhongzheng Type rifles	Cisterna, Italy in ruins, May-Jun 1944	Close-up view of T30 rocket launchers mounted under the wing of an A-20 Havoc aircraft of 90th Attack Squadron, US 3rd Attack Group, Hollandia, New Guinea, mid-1944	Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (left) and Colonel Albrecht von Quirnheim (right), Jun 1944

Commanding general of German Army Group G Blaskowitz inspecting defenses in France, Jun 1944	Crew of B-17F Fortress #42-30117 with the 95th Bomb Group posing in front of their airplane at Poltava, Ukraine during an Operation Frantic shuttle mission, summer 1944. The aircraft name translates to Polar Star.	Crews providing maintenance to PV-1 Ventura patrol bombers of US Navy squadron VPB-147 at NAS Isla Grande, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jun 1944; note rocket rails mounted under the wings	Destroyed commissioner's bungalow and tennis court, Kohima, India, Mar-Jul 1944