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80-G-59413: Normandy Invasion, June 1944

80-G-59413: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. “Hitting the Beach” along with U.S. Army troops, members of US Navy beach battalion dig in for their first night ashore on a beachhead on the French coast, released 9 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/3/12).
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Caption: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. “Hitting the Beach” along with U.S. Army troops, members of U.S. Navy beach battalion dig in for their first night ashore on a beachhead on the French coast, released 9 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/3/12).
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