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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-421289

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


Troops land from USS LCI(L)-412 during the "D-Day" assault on "Omaha" Beach, 6 June 1944.
Note "half-track" weapons carriers at the water's edge, with their guns pointing inland; troops dug in on the shore; and LCI(L)-412's bow 20mm gunner engaging enemy targets.

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

Online Image: 153KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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11 December 2003