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80-G-252259 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-252259 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: A German land mine is detonated by U.S. Army Engineers of the 531st Engineer Shore Regiment, just behind one of the invasion beaches (probably Utah Beach), during the first days of the Normandy operation, circa 6-8 June 1944. Note the truck in the foreground moving along a beach access road that has been stabilized with wire mats. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-252259
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