Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 1944: An American soldier who has gained the comparative safety offered by…

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ALLIED INVASION OF FRANCE.... An American soldier who has gained the comparative safety offered by the chalk cliff at his back, after storming ashore from a landing craft, takes a "breather" before moving onto the continent. Omaha Beach, France, 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

189923

Field number

ETO-HQ-44-4778-21

Source

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

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