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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-231957

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


Warships bombard targets ashore in support of the "D-Day" landings on "Utah" Beach, 6 June 1944.
Photographed from USS Quincy (CA-71).
The ship in the left center distance appears to be USS Nevada (BB-36), which was stationed a mile or two southward of Quincy in "Utah" Beach's Fire Support Area One.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 635 pixels

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18 December 2003