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80-G-252744 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-252744 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: Personnel of the U.S. Navy's Second Beach Battalion disassembling two German Beetle remote-controlled miniature explosive tanks, to determine their method of operation, on Utah Beach, 11 June 1944. These vehicles were intended as mobile anti-landing craft mines. Photographed by Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-252744
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