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80-G-59418: Normandy Invasion, June 1944.

80-G-59418: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Captain Powell M. Rhea, USN, left, Commanding Officer of USS Nevada (BB-36) and his executive officer, Commander H.A. Yaeger, USN, look towards the French shore as the battleship’s big guns bombard the invasion coast. Photograph received 12 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 80-G-59418: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Captain Powell M. Rhea, USN, left, Commanding Officer of USS Nevada (BB-36) and his executive officer, Commander H.A. Yaeger, USN, look towards the French shore as the battleship’s big guns bombard the invasion coast. Photograph received 12 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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