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80-G-258257 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-258257 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: View of a Gooseberry breakwater of sunken ships off one of the invasion beaches. Taken by Combat Photo Unit Eleven (CPU-11). The image is dated 2 November 1944, but was actually taken about mid-June, shortly after the D-Day landings. The lighter-colored vessel in left center is British LCT-2487. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-258257
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