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Landing craft of all sizes and shapes approach a beachhead on the Northern Coast of France filled with assault troops comprising the first wave to set foot on the Continent

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Omaha Beach, France, 1944: Landing craft of all sizes and shapes approach a beachhead on the…

Omaha Beach, France, 06/06/1944

SC 189988Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4754-13RG 111
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Landing craft of all sizes and shapes approach a beachhead on the Northern Coast of France filled with assault troops comprising the first wave to set foot on the Continent. Invasion of France. 6/6/44 (OMAHA BEACH)

Date
06/06/1944
Place
Omaha Beach, France · exact position
Photographer
Wall
SC number
189988
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4754-13
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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