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Photo # SC 190062:  Troops move out over the seawall on Utah Beach, 6 June 1944

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-- EVENTS -- World War II in Europe --

Normandy Invasion, June 1944
-- "D-Day" Landings on "Utah" Beach, 6 June 1944

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This page features all the views we have concerning the 6 June 1944 landings on "Utah" Beach.

For images of the "D-Day" landings on other beaches, see:

  • The "D-Day" Landings, 6 June 1944; and

    For other pictures related to the invasion of Normandy, see:

  • Normandy Invasion, June 1944 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: SC 190062

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    U.S. Soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move out over the seawall on "Utah" Beach, after coming ashore. Other troops are resting behind the concrete wall.
    Photo dated 9 June 1944, but probably taken on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: SC 190438

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    A U.S. Army weapons carrier moves through the surf toward "Utah" Beach, after being launched from its landing craft on 6 June 1944. Note .50 caliber machine gun on the vehicle, pointed skyward for anti-aircraft defense.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: SC 320897

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    German prisoners of war in a barbed-wire enclosure on "Utah" Beach, 6 June 1944.
    Note the group of African-American Soldiers in the near center distance, "Sherman" tank (with name "Delphia" on its side) beyond them, and USS LCT-855 stranded on the beach behind the tank.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 147KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231643

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    German shell explodes on the Saint Marcouf Islands, off "Utah" Beach, on the morning of "D-Day", 6 June 1944. These islands had been occupied by U.S. Army troops earlier that morning.
    Photographed from USS Quincy (CA-71).

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

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 635 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: SC 190276

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    German shell hits beside an LST off "Utah" Beach, during the early stages of the landings on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
    This LST appears to be very down at the stern.
    Photographed by Collier.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231960

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    USS LST-499 and other landing ships and craft off "Utah" Beach on 6 June 1944, with barrage balloons overhead. The British monitor Erebus is in the right distance, painted in pattern camouflage.

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

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-252377

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    USS Bayfield (APA-33), flagship for the "Utah" Beach landings, lowers LCVPs for the assault, 6 June 1944.
    USS LST-346 is partially visible beyond Bayfield's stern, and USS Nevada is in the far right distance.

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

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-252391

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    USS Bayfield (APA-33), flagship for the "Utah" Beach landings, loading landing craft on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.

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

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For images of the "D-Day" landings on other beaches, see:

  • The "D-Day" Landings, 6 June 1944; and

    For other pictures related to the invasion of Normandy, see:

  • Normandy Invasion, June 1944 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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