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American amphibious forces storm the French coast on D-Day : Photograph 1944.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: American amphibious forces storm the French coast, as seen from inside an amphibious landing craft. Soldiers on the shore can be seen lying low as smoke drifts across the beach. Caption: "2343 From: Public Relations Division. U.S. Coast Guard. Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo. Into the jaws of death. Down the ramp of a Coast Guard landing barge Yankee soldiers storm toward the beach-sweeping fire of Nazi defenders in the D-Day invasion of the French Coast. Troops ahead may be seen lying flat under the deadly machinegun resistance of the Germans. Soon the Nazis were driven back under the overwhelming invasion forces thrown in from Coast Guard and Navy amphibious craft." France.
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- Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).
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