D-Day, Normandy: On the Beach
Wrecked LCVP
Alexander Russo #34
Gouache on board
88-198-AH
This staunch craft in which men were trained for landings on many practice beaches met its fate along with its crew on a Normandy beach on D-Day.
Burnt Out LCT on American Beach
Mitchell Jamieson #228
Charcoal and wash drawing
88-193-ID
This gutted wreck that had mobile anti-aircraft vehicles aboard
was completely ravaged by flames after being hit.
"Heavies" on Their Way Home
Alexander Russo #37
Gouache on board
88-198-AK
After a raid on France, Allied bombers fly over the troops. Men
in the foreground are remnants of a beach battalion that suffered
severe losses during the initial landings.
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