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British railroad cars exiting an LST onto French tracks in Normandy in 1944 : Photograph 1944-1945.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: British railroad cars exiting an LST onto French tracks in Normandy in 1944. Caption: "2838. From: Public Relations Division. U.S. Coast Guard. Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo. The Coast Guard links British and French railroads. Out of the massive jaws of a U.S. Coast Guard-manned (LST) (Landing ship, tanks) rolls a string of railroad cars, loaded with vital war supplies in England and delivered in France. The Coast Guard-manned ship ferries rolling stock from a British port to a French beach railhead, forming a floating link between the railroads of the two countries. Priceless hours, unloading and reloading, are saved by running packed cars into the track-equipped tank deck of the LST and carrying them across the English Channel to roll down a tracked ramp onto French rails. From this point, trainloads of war equipment and supplies move smoothly and swift off to the fighting fronts." France.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).
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