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"A German soldier lies dead beside a road in Northern France, getting little attention from American troops moving onto the continent in an ever-increasing stream

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Utah Beach, France, 1944: "A German soldier lies dead beside a road in Northern France, getting…

Utah Beach, France, 06/06/1944

SC 320888Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4841RG 111
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"A German soldier lies dead beside a road in Northern France, getting little attention from American troops moving onto the continent in an ever-increasing stream. The tank in the background is but one of many landed on the beachhead won by Allied troops in the initial stages of the invasion."

Date
06/06/1944
Place
Utah Beach, France · approximate position
Photographer
Shelton
SC number
320888
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4841
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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