Air Attack on German submarine U-1229 by Lt(jg) Bernard Sissler flying from USS Bogue, 20 Aug 1944. The submarine was sunk with 18 killed and 41 surviving. Note the raised “Schnorkel” device.American soldiers and vehicle in Ballon, France, circa 18-20 Aug 1944American troops posing with a captured Nazi flag and a wrecked German tank, Chambois, France, 20 Aug 1944B-26 Marauder bomber
Air Attack on German submarine U-1229 by Lt(jg) Bernard Sissler flying from USS Bogue, 20 Aug 1944. The submarine was sunk with 18 killed and 41 surviving. Note the raised “Schnorkel” device.American soldiers and vehicle in Ballon, France, circa 18-20 Aug 1944American troops posing with a captured Nazi flag and a wrecked German tank, Chambois, France, 20 Aug 1944B-26 Marauder bomber 'Flossies Fury' hit directly by a ground-based 88mm anti-aircraft shell over Toulon, France, 20 Aug 1944.
Battleship Missouri, large cruiser Alaska, escort carrier Croatan, and destroyers at Norfolk Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 20 Aug 1944Charles de Gaulle spoke at the balcony of Hotel de Ville, Cherbourg, France, 20 Aug 1944German prisoners of war, Saint-Malo, France, late Aug 1944Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron in formation over Western Europe, late Aug 1944
Battleship Missouri, large cruiser Alaska, escort carrier Croatan, and destroyers at Norfolk Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 20 Aug 1944Charles de Gaulle spoke at the balcony of Hotel de Ville, Cherbourg, France, 20 Aug 1944German prisoners of war, Saint-Malo, France, late Aug 1944Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron in formation over Western Europe, late Aug 1944
Polish resistance fighter Jerzy Siwiec throwing a German Model 24 grenade at Slepa Street in the Old Town section of Warsaw, Poland, late Aug 1944Polish resistance fighter Roman Marchel posing with a captured MP 40 submachine gun during the Warsaw Uprising, Ciepla Street, Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944Polish resistance fighters and a German POW, Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944Polish resistance fighters Edward Mortko, Bernard Zieliński, Zbigniew Maliński, and Kazimierz Zagórski of
Polish resistance fighter Jerzy Siwiec throwing a German Model 24 grenade at Slepa Street in the Old Town section of Warsaw, Poland, late Aug 1944Polish resistance fighter Roman Marchel posing with a captured MP 40 submachine gun during the Warsaw Uprising, Ciepla Street, Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944Polish resistance fighters and a German POW, Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944Polish resistance fighters Edward Mortko, Bernard Zieliński, Zbigniew Maliński, and Kazimierz Zagórski of 'Kiliński' battalion near the PAST building on Zielona Street in Warsaw, Poland, 20 Aug 1944
The port of Brest, France after British aerial bombardment, circa late Aug 1944WAVES personnel examining a 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944WAVES personnel examining aircraft propellers aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944WAVES personnel touring escort carrier Mission Bay
The port of Brest, France after British aerial bombardment, circa late Aug 1944WAVES personnel examining a 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944WAVES personnel examining aircraft propellers aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944WAVES personnel touring escort carrier Mission Bay's pilothouse, 20 Aug 1944


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