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Avro Anson Mark I, N9742, of No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF being refuelled by Dutch personnel at Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire.
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Air gunners at their positions on board a Beaufort Mark I, L4461 'OA-J', of No. 22 Squadron RAF at North Coates, Lincolnshire. One gunner occupies the Bristol Mark IV turret, mounting a single .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated machine gun.
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An American amphibious armored vehicle starts down the lowered ramp of an LCT-vessel to the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain Islands, during landing operations there by U.S. Marines.
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A Commonwealth’s stretcher-bearer fails to persuade his mule to continue pulling a cart loaded with medical supplies, Sicily, 19 July 1943. Take away the soldier’s modern uniform and we could be looking at any of the armies that invaded Sicily in the last 25 centuries.
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8. “D” Company Snipers with Major Howard, St. Come, Normandy. Taken late July’ 44 after Sniper Corporal Wally Parr had been wounded. (See p. 115.) From left to right: ‘Wackers’ Waite, ‘Pete’ Musty, ‘Nobby’ Clarke, Major Howard, ‘Rocky’ Bright, ‘Paddy’ O’Donnell, ‘Eddie’ Edwards.
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Personnel of the 1st Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (R.C.E.M.E.) working on the engine of a Sherman tank of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division in Italy on October 13, 1943.
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USCG SpencUSCG Spencer K Gun firing a depthcharge at U-175, 12 April 1943.er K Gun firing a depthcharge at U-175, 12 April 1943.
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A Canadian soldier escorts captured German parachute troops during fighting near Uedem, 28 February 1945.
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