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Appearing as if out of "focus", this photo was made of one of the storm-twisted Loebnitz piers, jutting out from "Omaha" beach 2800 feet from shore, damaged by storm after it was…

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph

Omaha Beach, France, 1944: Appearing as if out of "focus", this photo was made of one of the…

Omaha Beach, France, 06/21/1944

SC 198166Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5807-ARG 111
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Appearing as if out of "focus", this photo was made of one of the storm-twisted Loebnitz piers, jutting out from "Omaha" beach 2800 feet from shore, damaged by storm after it was erected by the American Navy somewhere on the coast of occupied France. 6/21/44.

Date
06/21/1944
Place
Omaha Beach, France · approximate position
SC number
198166
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5807-A
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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