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American troops bow their heads in prayer as a U

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Omaha Beach, France, 1944: American troops bow their heads in prayer as a U

Omaha Beach, France, 06/12/1944

SC 320882Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5002RG 111
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American troops bow their heads in prayer as a U. S. Army chaplain conducts the first mass on French soil. Utah Beach, Les Dunes de Madaleine, France, 12 June 1944

Date
06/12/1944
Place
Omaha Beach, France · exact position
Photographer
Bowen
SC number
320882
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5002
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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