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This photo, one of the first to reach England after the opening of the invasion in France, shows landing craft approaching a Beachhoad on the northern coast of France

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Omaha Beach, France, 1944: This photo, one of the first to reach England after the opening of…

Omaha Beach, France, 06/06/1944

SC 189987Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4754-14RG 111
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This photo, one of the first to reach England after the opening of the invasion in France, shows landing craft approaching a Beachhoad on the northern coast of France. Smoke in the background is from Naval gunfire supporting the landing. 6 June 1944.

Date
06/06/1944
Place
Omaha Beach, France · exact position
Photographer
Wall
SC number
189987
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4754-14
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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