Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

80-G-253145 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-253145 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 65KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 211KB)
High (TIFF, 6154x4954px, 29MB)
Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: Scene on one of the invasion beaches, during force buildup operations in June 1944. Note: Shore party relaxing (left foreground); Bulldozer with heavy fenders on its blade, possibly for boat salvage purposes (behind the shore party); Beached landing vessels, including (from left to right): USS LCT-852; British LCT-2302 and a Rhino (RHF) pontoon barge. This photograph, taken by Combat Photo Unit Eleven (CPU-11), was received by the Navy Photo Science Laboratory on 3 July 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-253145
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name