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80-G-252834 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-252834 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: Men on a Rhino (RHF) pontoon barge duck to avoid fire from a strafing German airplane, off Normandy on 11 June 1944. LCT-522 is backing away from the Rhino. Sunken ships of a Gooseberry artificial harbor breakwater are in the background. Photographed by Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-252834
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