Photo #: 80-G-235595 Normandy Invasion, June 1944 Lieutenant Commander Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook, of USS Texas (BB-35), examine a damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Earlier in the day Texas had bombarded the point in support of the "Omaha" Beach landings. The body of a dead U.S. Army Ranger, killed during the assault on Pointe du Hoc, lies covered up at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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11 December 2003