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Three men of an American artillery brigade bombard retreating German forces, near Carentan, France, July 11, 1944. (AP Photo)

Canadian infantrymen make their way through piles of debris as they enter the war-torn French city of Caen, on July 10,1944, during the Allied invasio...

An American infantryman has his submachine gun ready as he searches for German snipers hidden in the ruins of Gruchy, France, on July 9, 1944. (AP...

U.S. Marine gunners are seen as they seek cover behind a disabled truck, on July 8, 1944, in Garapan, during the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands....

A dead Japanese soldier lies on the beach, on July 5, 1944, killed in the attempt to reach one of the few Japanese ships in Tanapag harbor, Saipan, Ma...

Sailors joke with radio personality Sophie Tucker and feed her multiple hot dogs at the United Service Organizations (USO) center in Chicago, Ill., Ju...

With a searchlight beam piercing through the night, a machine gunner and a rifleman are on alert as the British Canadian offensive drive continues, i...

U.S. Marines take cover behind an amphibious tractor, during the initial days of the invasion of Japanese-occupied Guam, in July 1944. (AP Photo)

During the Allied invasion of the Normandy, American soldiers move forward on a smoke-filled road leading into the town of St. Lo, in July 1944. (AP P...

U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Caretan, in the Normandy region of France, in July 1944. (AP Photo/Peter Carr...

During the Allied invasion of the Normandy region in France, American soldiers race across a dirt road while they are under enemy fire, near St. Lo, i...

U.S. Army tanks are seen as they maneuver for positions during their offensive drive into German-held territory, at Pont Hebert, south of Cherbourg, F...

An armada of amphibious tanks, seen from above as they approach the beaches of Guam, in July 1944, during the U.S. invasion to reconquest the Japanese...

American soldiers dash trough a smoke screen as they approach a house in the war-torn city of Saintenay, France, on the search for hidden German snipe...

U.S. Marines use a flamethrower as they attack a Japanese-held pillbox, during the invasion to reconquest the Central Pacific island of Guam, in July...

From a Coast Guard-manned landing craft, American soldiers wade ashore during operations to invade Tinian, Mariana Islands, in July 1944. Seen on the...

After they captured a mountain gun from the Japanese troops at Saipan, these U.S.Marines put it into use during the attack on Garapan, Mariana Islands...

Loaded with U.S. Marines and military equipment, a landing craft known as

U.S. Army reinforcement troops are seen as they disembark from LST's in the background and proceed across the coral reef toward Saipan beach, Mariana...

U.S. Marines are seen as they try soothe a crying child in a refugee camp at Saipan, Mariana Islands, in July 1944. The camp was set up by U.S. Marin...

An unidentified U.S. Marine awaits the signal to go ahead in battle to recapture Guam from the Japanese forces, in July 1944. (AP Photo)

American soldiers escort a column of German prisoners of war as they march through the streets of Cherbourg, on June 28, 1944, after the liberation of...

A member of a U.S. Marine patrol discovers this Japanese family hiding in a hillside cave, June 21, 1944, on Saipan. The mother, four children and a...

U.S. soldiers are seen as they take cover in a roadside ditch in the small Normandy town of St. Sauveur Le Vicomte, near Cherbourg, on June 19, 1944....

Allied forces camp out in fox holes, caves and tents on this hillside overlooking the beach at Normandy, France, during the D-Day invasion in World Wa...

A man makes his way through a debris-littered street around London's Vincent Square, in the aftermath of another German bombing raid on Britain's capi...

A ground crew waves as the new B-29 Superfortress of the 20th Bomber Command takes off from a base in India on June 17, 1944. An aerial battle fleet...

French Gen. Charles de Gaulle, center, is followed by a crowd of people in a welcome parade as he walks through the streets of liberated Bayeux, Franc...

Gen. Charles de Gaulle, center, looking toward camera, leader of the French Committee of National Liberation, or Free French, confers with British and...

As U.S. Navy landing operations begin on June 14, 1944, heavy fire from a 14-inch gun of a U.S. battleship targets on Japanese installations at Saipan...

A French girl places flowers over the freshly-dug grave of an American Airborne trooper as a token of appreciation of arrival of Allied liberators on...

American airborne infantrymen dash from the open door of their Zebra-striped glider immediately after landing in a field in France, June 10, 1944. T...

A German machine gun nest along the Atlantic Wall, background, is captured by Canadian troops on June 8, 1944 following the Allied D-Day invasion of G...

American soldiers and supplies arrive on the shore of the French coast of German-occupied Normandy during the Allied D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 in...

American paratroopers, heavily armed, sit inside a military plane as they soar over the English Channel en route to the Normandy French coast for the...

British troops make their way through low water and up the beach after leaving landing craft which transported them across the Channel to the Normandy...

Soldiers of the 2nd Canadian Flotilla are carrying bicycles as they disembark their LCI's at a beachhead code-named Juno Beach, at Bernieres-sur-mer,...

Canadian troops in landing crafts approach a stretch of coastline code-named Juno Beach, near Bernieres-sur-mer, as the Allied Normandy invasion gets...

German prisoners of war are led away by Allied forces from Utah Beach, on June 6, 1944, during landing operations at the Normandy coast, France. (AP P...

Members of an American landing unit help their exhausted comrades ashore during the Normandy invasion, June 6, 1944. The men reached the zone code-nam...

While under attack of heavy machine gun fire from the German coastal defense forces, these American soldiers wade ashore off the ramp of a U.S. Coast...

Carrying full equipment, American assault troops move onto a beachhead code-named Omaha Beach, on the northern coast of France on June 6, 1944, during...

Men of the American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming a coastal area code-named Omaha Beach during the Allied invas...

Soldiers of the 2nd Canadian Flotilla are seen as they establish a beachhead code-named Juno Beach, near Bernieres-sur-mer, on the northern coast of F...

Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower gives the order of the day

Actress and swimmer Esther Williams is seen rehearsing her underwater-ballet for the motion picture musical

American soldiers lie on stretchers and sit propped against a sea wall awaiting transportation back to England for treatment after being wounded in th...

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, second from left, visits the Allied beachhead of Normandy, France, June 1944 during World War II. Standing...

U.S. Army troops move vehicles and military equipment in Brixham port, England, in June 1944. (AP Photo)

British and Canadian troops are seen as they seek cover behind a sand dune, southwest from Caen, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy in June 19...