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80-G-231959 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-231959 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: Minesweepers exploding mines in the boat channel across the Cardonnet Bank, off Utah Beach on the morning of D-Day, 6 June 1944. These minesweepers all appear to be of the YMS-type. Photographed from USS Quincy (CA-71). For a narrower-angle version of this image, see Photo # 231649. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-231959
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