African-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee JohnsonHMS Mauritius firing on German targets in Audierne Bay, France, 23 Aug 1944Polish resistance fighter observing Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street from a collapsed wall of the Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, Poland, 23 Aug 1944; note captured German K98 rifle and helmet; the townhouses in the background were of addresses Krakowskie Przedmieście 10, 8, and 6
'The Royal Court of Neptunus Rex': line crossing ceremony aboard USS Petrof Bay, 23 Aug 1944African-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee JohnsonHMS Mauritius firing on German targets in Audierne Bay, France, 23 Aug 1944Polish resistance fighter observing Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street from a collapsed wall of the Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, Poland, 23 Aug 1944; note captured German K98 rifle and helmet; the townhouses in the background were of addresses Krakowskie Przedmieście 10, 8, and 6
Remains of a German soldier killed during the Warsaw Uprising, Poland, 23 Aug 1944Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944USS Hancock departing San Diego, California, United States, 23 Aug 1944.
Remains of a German soldier killed during the Warsaw Uprising, Poland, 23 Aug 1944Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944USS Hancock departing San Diego, California, United States, 23 Aug 1944.


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