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A mortar crew stands back just before firing into a Nazi position somewhere along the Normandy Coast, France

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Utah Beach Area, 1944: A mortar crew stands back just before firing into a Nazi position…

Utah Beach Area, 06/06/1944

SC 320890Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4960-27RG 111
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A mortar crew stands back just before firing into a Nazi position somewhere along the Normandy Coast, France. 6 June 1944.

Date
06/06/1944
Place
Utah Beach Area · approximate position
Photographer
Poinsette
SC number
320890
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4960-27
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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