Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, france, 1944: A GI peers inquisitively into what remains of a former "impregnable"…

Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, france, 06/15/1944

SC 320858Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5198RG 111

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A GI peers inquisitively into what remains of a former "impregnable" Nazi concrete pill-box, on a beach at Saint Laurent Sur Mer, France. This and similar emplacements were stormed and quieted as American assault troops stormed the beaches for the landings on France. 15 June 1944

Date: 06/15/1944
Place: Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, france · approximate position
Photographer: Poinsette
SC number: 320858
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-5198
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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