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26-G-4365: Normandy Invasion, June 1944

26-G-4365: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Britishers Join Coast Guardsmen in July 4th Fireworks. Coast Guardsmen and British Army men plug their ears as Coast Guardsman Everett L. Garner touches a match to the fuse on an oversized firecracker in observance of the Fourth of July “Somewhere in England”. Caricatures of Hitler and a Japanese war lord were scratched on the giant explosive to give the blast more zest. The British soldiers are, left to right: Corporal Bob Jolley; Corporal Tom Herden, and Private Joe Hill., July 4, 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. Britishers Join Coast Guardsmen in July 4th Fireworks. Coast Guardsmen and British Army men plug their ears as Coast Guardsman Everett L. Garner touches a match to the fuse on an oversized firecracker in observance of the Fourth of July “Somewhere in England”. Caricatures of Hitler and a Japanese war lord were scratched on the giant explosive to give the blast more zest. The British soldiers are, left to right: Corporal Bob Jolley; Corporal Tom Herden, and Private Joe Hill., July 4, 1944. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
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