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Slapton Sands, England, 1944: INVASION MANEUVERS: with the rigors of the first landings over and…

Slapton Sands, England, 05/06/1944

SC 190990Field no. ETO-HQ-44-3651RG 111
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INVASION MANEUVERS: with the rigors of the first landings over and their position on the beachhead strongly consolidated, members of a crack combat engineer unit relax and cook a well deserved meal over an open fire, their first on potential enemy territory. England, May 6, 1944.

Date
05/06/1944
Place
Slapton Sands, England · approximate position
Photographer
Bowen
SC number
190990
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-3651
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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