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80-G-257414: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944

80-G-257414: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. Allied Naval gunfire and aerial bombing of Brest, France, during the battle for the liberation of the city resulted in this devastation and wreckage. In the foreground is a wrecked work ship truck used by Germans for a mobile repair unit, 5 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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Caption: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. Allied Naval gunfire and aerial bombing of Brest, France, during the battle for the liberation of the city resulted in this devastation and wreckage. In the foreground is a wrecked work ship truck used by Germans for a mobile repair unit, 5 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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