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80-G-255949: Normandy Invasion, Cherbourg, France, July 1944

80-G-255949: Normandy Invasion, Cherbourg, France, July 1944. French girls accept cigarettes from an American sailor on beach-head in France. These girls were found aiding in operations of radio receiving and transmitting. Photographed by CPU-11, 15 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/11/05).
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Caption: Normandy Invasion, Cherbourg, France, July 1944. French girls accept cigarettes from an American sailor on beach-head in France. These girls were found aiding in operations of radio receiving and transmitting. Photographed by CPU-11, 15 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/11/05).
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