Photo #: USA C-1232 (Color) Normandy Invasion Preparations, 1944 U.S. Army Soldiers boarding landing craft in a British port, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944. A U.S. Navy LCI(L) is at left. A LCV from USS Thurston (AP-77). Note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 110KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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27 January 2004