Photograph taken the moment the No. 1 Cannoneer fires a M3 105 howitzer at Carentan, June 11, 1944.
The U.S. 1st Army captured Carentan and Lison. The British and Canadians experienced heavy fighting in their effort to take Caen, including the deployment of the most recent German armor. The 46 Royal Marines Commando took Cairon after heavy fighting against the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. They then took Lasson, Rots and Rosel.
The HMS Halstand was torpedoed and rendered a loss by E-boats off of Normandy.
Gooseberry 1, an artificial breakwater formed from sunken obsolete ships, was in palce.
The French Expeditionary Corps captured Montefascone, Italy.
The US 15th Air Force raided Axis airfields at Focsani, Romania and flew on to Ukraine.
Task Force 58 began raids on Saipan and Tinian, causing the Japanese to lose 36 aircraft, three warships and 30,000 tons of merchant transport.
The USS Missouri was commissioned. She is now a museum ship at Pearl Harbor.
USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor Hawaii
USS Missouri viewed from the USS Arizona Memorial.
Small trailed mortar, probably of a Japanese pattern.
Dual Bofars 40mm Anti Aircraft guns formally on the USS Missouri.
The "tears" of the USS Arizona. Oil slick from oil leaking from the bunkers of the Arizona.
The spot on which World War Two came to an end on the decks of the Missouri.
The instrument of surrender.
Oil from the USS Arizona alongside the USS Missouri.
Tomahawk Missile platform.
The location on the USS Missouri where she was hit by a Kamikaze aircraft. The result was this dent in the side. The Japanese pilot was buried in a formal burial at sea the following day.
While not labeled on the ship, these are powder bags for 16 in guns.
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