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26-G-3646: Normandy Invasion, June 1944.

26-G-3646: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. The Wandering Minstrel Moves toward Battle. Aboard a US Coast Guard manned transport carrying reinforcements to the Allied lines to battle Germany, a guitar-playing Army sergeant strums tunes that bring memories of home. Soldiers and Coast Guardsmen give way to their own thoughts as each twanged number stirs sentiments and renews hopes of peace ahead, June 1944. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
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Caption: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. The Wandering Minstrel Moves Toward Battle. Aboard a US Coast Guard manned transport carrying reinforcements to the Allied lines to battle Germany, a guitar-playing Army sergeant strums tunes that bring memories of home. Soldiers and Coast Guardsmen give way to their own thoughts as each twanged number stirs sentiments and renews hopes of peace ahead, June 1944. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
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