The story
A volley of rifle fire memorialized Americans fallen during the attack on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 27 Dec 1944WAVES Yeoman 1st Class Josephine Adams boarding the transport that would take her to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, her duty station, Dec 1944B-24 Liberators of the 460th Bomb Group flying from the Foggia Airfield complex in Italy bombing the railroad yards in Klagenfurt, Austria, 27 Dec 1944. The smoke is from smudge pots lit to obscure the target
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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