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American soldiers ride in a LCVP towards the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 : Photograph 1944.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: Soldiers ride in LCVP on Normandy D-Day. Caption: "2340. From: Public Relations Division. U.S. Coast Guard. Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo. French coast dead ahead. Helmeted Yankee soldiers crouch, tightly packed, behind the bulwarks of a Coast Guard landing barge in the historic sweep across the English Channel to the shores of Normandy. Minutes later, these G.I. Joes dashed through the surf and up the beach under the withering fire of the Nazi defenders. These Coast Guard barges rode back and forth through D Day bringing wave on wave of reinforcements to the beachead." Normandy.
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- Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).
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