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American assault troops who have gained the comparative safety offered by the Chalk cliff at their backs, after moving ashoro through the surfs take a breather before moving onto…

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Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 1944: American assault troops who have gained the comparative safety…

Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 06/06/1944

SC 189912Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4778-17RG 111
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American assault troops who have gained the comparative safety offered by the Chalk cliff at their backs, after moving ashoro through the surfs take a breather before moving onto the continent. Normandy, France. 6/8/44.

Date
06/06/1944
Place
Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France · exact position
Photographer
Taylor
Units
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
SC number
189912
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4778-17
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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