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80-G-46817 Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Photo #: 80-G-46817 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
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Title: Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Description: Landing Ships Tank (LST) land invasion supplies on Omaha Beach, shortly after the 6 June 1944 D-Day assault. LSTs on the beach include (from right to left): USS LST-312; British LST-320 and LST-321; USS LST-72; a U.S. Navy LST (LST-51_ - last digit not visible); British LST-324; USS LST-311; USS LST-49; USS LST-373; USS LST-47 and two unidentified LSTs. Note: bow numbers of the British ships enclosed in colored blocks; crowd of shipping offshore; barrage balloons over many of the ships. Photograph was released for publication on 23 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-46817
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