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This photo, made from a landing craft approaching a Beachhead on the northern coast of France shows American soldiers ready to leap into the surf

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Omaha Bech, 1944: This photo, made from a landing craft approaching a Beachhead on the…

Omaha Bech, 06/06/1944

SC 189986Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4754-20RG 111
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This photo, made from a landing craft approaching a Beachhead on the northern coast of France shows American soldiers ready to leap into the surf. On the Beachhead vast numbers of men leave "Dukws" and other landing craft and move onto the Continent. Invasion of France, 6 June 44. Omaha Beach.

Date
06/06/1944
Place
Omaha Bech · exact position
Photographer
Wall
SC number
189986
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4754-20
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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