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Looking down from the nose turret next to the Norden Bomb Sight. What a view!! #MadrasMaiden #B17
US Army and Navy invasion commanders waiting for the arrival of other flag officers on Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, the morning of 12 Jun 1944.
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Gen “Hap” Arnold, Gen Dwight Eisenhower, MajGen “Cowboy Pete” Corlett (helmet), Gen George Marshall, LtGen Omar Bradley (pointing), and Adm Ernest King visit the guns moved from Pt du Hoc, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944.
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The first meeting on French soil between Bernard Montgomery and generals Omar Bradley and Miles Dempsey, Normandy, France, 10 Jun 1944
Generals Omar Bradley and Miles Dempsey at a meeting in the field in Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944.
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A US Marine used a flamethrower against a Japanese pillbox as he was covered by two riflemen, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945
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A 37mm gun on Iwo Jima beach with Mount Suribachi in background, 20 Feb 1945; note the TBM Avenger flying overhead
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An A6M Zero kamikaze aircraft crashed through the flight deck of USS Enterprise and lodged in the forward elevator pit. 250kg bomb exploded and propelled the elevator several hundred feet in the air, 14 May 1945
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USS New Mexico hit by a kamikaze aircraft at dusk off Okinawa, Japan, 12 May 1945; photo taken from cruiser USS Wichita
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US Marine flamethrower and rifle squad attacking a Japanese position on Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945
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Paratrooper of US 101st Airborne Division holding a Nazi German flag captured in a village near Utah Beach, Saint-Marcouf, France, 8 Jun 1944
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Next to a fallen soldier, a fellow comrade formed a cross with rifles to pay his respects, Normandy, France, Jun 1944
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