The U.S. Navy motor torpedo boat tender USS Silenus (AGP-11) at anchor at Norfolk, Virginia on 19 August 1944. The tank landing ship USS LST-545 is behind [5678 × 4104]
Wearing a civilian hat salvaged along the way, a U.S. Army medic amuses both GI's and French civilians as he tries to make himself understood with the aid of a French dictionary in the town of Orléans, France. 19 August 1944
A soldier of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (4th Canadian Armoured Division) passing a destroyed Canadian Sherman tank in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, France. 19 August 1944 [3295 × 2480]
Launch of the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Topeka (CL-67) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts on 19 August 1944 [5710 × 4543]
Allied glider pilots find wine and relaxation at a bar in a liberated coastal town during Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France. 18 August 1944
A CBS war correspondent, on stretcher in foreground, receives treatment for injuries received when his press jeep was ran over by a Sherman tank. Victim in background, driver of vehicle, Tom Treanor, of Los Angeles Times was killed in the accident. 18 August 1944 [2771 × 2337]
The U.S. Navy fleet oiler USS Mattole (AO-17) refuels the destroyer esccort USS Pride (DE-323), USS Newell (DE-322) is in background. 17 August 1944 [5570 × 4142]
A Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No. 242 Squadron RAF taxies to a refuelling point at Calenzana, Corsica, after a cover patrol over the invasion beaches in southern France for Operation Dragoon. 17 August 1944 [2480 × 1669]
Challenger tank (foreground) and Cromwell tanks (background) of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, passing through Flers, France. 17 August 1944