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80-G-257428: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944

80-G-257428: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. A German mine placed in the leg of 150 ton crane on the waterfront at Brest, France, apparently the garrison surrendered before it had time to detonate it. Wreckage in background from allied bombing, 27 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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Caption: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. A German mine placed in the leg of 150 ton crane on the waterfront at Brest, France, apparently the garrison surrendered before it had time to detonate it. Wreckage in background from allied bombing, 27 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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