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An LCI sinking off the Normandy coast at Omaha Beach : Photograph 1944.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: LCI (L)-85 sinking off the Normandy coast at Omaha Beach, probably seen from the USS Samuel Chase; notice censoring of wounded man's face. Caption: "2344. From: Public Relations Division. U.S. Coast Guard. Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo. Coast Guard craft sinking. A Coast Guard LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) lists sharply after being fatally hit during the invasion of the coast of France. One man clings to the life raft (at left) another lies wounded on a stretcher, and a third sprawls dead on the deck. The wounded were transferred to an assault transport before the ship plunged beneath the waves." Normandy.
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- Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).
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