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80-G-252761 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-252761 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: A German sniper is brought into Corps Headquarters by a U.S. Army beach guard, near a Normandy invasion beach, 9 June 1944. The little Nazi flag indicates that this is a posed event. Note the guard's M1 rifle, with bayonet, cartridge belt and hand grenade. Taken by Combat Photo Unit Eleven (CPU-11). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-252761
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