26-G-2855: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
![26-G-2855: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Coast Guardsman Killed in France Invasion Taken on board Battleship. A dead U.S. Coast Guardsman, coxswain of an LCVP, is taken onboard a U.S. battleship, not identified, with American Rangers and captured German and Italian Prisoners. The Coast Guardsman was shot down by a German sniper when his landing craft was unloading troops on the coast of France, June 1944. Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 26-G-2855: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Coast Guardsman Killed in France Invasion Taken on board Battleship. A dead U.S. Coast Guardsman, coxswain of an LCVP, is taken onboard a U.S. battleship, not identified, with American Rangers and captured German and Italian Prisoners. The Coast Guardsman was shot down by a German sniper when his landing craft was unloading troops on the coast of France, June 1944. Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-l/landing-craft-vehicle-personnel/26-g-2855/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1616430127738.jpg)
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Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
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