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The End of Mulberry "A"

The damaged pontoons after the storm
Description: Painting, Watercolor on Paper; by Dwight C. Shepler; 1944; Framed Dimensions 23H X 30W
Accession #: 88-199-FI
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Below the bluff of the Omaha beachhead, the twisted relic of the fabulous artificial harbor of Mulberry filled the sea. The row of concrete caissons paralleling the shore finally disintegrated on the third day of the great storm of June 19-22, 1944, letting the seas though to break up the floating piers.

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