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Invasion of Normandy, LCT Gunfire Support Group, 6 to 25 June 1944 |
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116k | Scene on "Omaha" Beach soon after the "D-Day" landings, showing stranded landing craft, piles of supplies, and dead Soldiers awaiting
evacuation or burial. LCT(5)-199 is offshore in left center.
LCT(A)-2421, LCT(6)-555 and LCT(6)-638 are on the beach in the center
(listed from the middle distance to further away). An LCVP from Thurston (AP-77) is in the left
foreground. The photograph was received by the Naval Photo Science Laboratory, 14 June 1944, but was probably taken on or about 6 June.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-252557, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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