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Slapton Sands, England, 1944: With grim, quiet efficiency, U.S

Slapton Sands, England, 05/06/1944

SC 190991Field no. ETO-HQ-44-3660RG 111
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Original caption

PRE-INVASION MANEUVERS. With grim, quiet efficiency, U.S. Navy officers supervise the loading of trained combat engineers aboard one of the many L.C.I.s riding at anchor in an English harbor. These crack troops and their equipment will be transported into enemy territory where they will spearhead an Allied thrust to establish a beachhoad on foreign soil. England, May 6, 1944.

Date
05/06/1944
Place
Slapton Sands, England · approximate position
Photographer
Bowen
SC number
190991
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-3660
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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