Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 1944: American assault troops, members of an infantry unit, carrying full…

Original caption

ALLIED INVASION OF FRANCE. American assault troops, members of an infantry unit, carrying full equipment, including a machine gun, move along a cliff on a Beachhead at Normandy, France. Vast quantities of equipment brought ashore from landing craft, lay at the base of the cliff. June 6, 1944.

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

189922

Field number

ETO-HQ-44-4778-11

Source

U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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