Photo #: 80-G-251977 Normandy Invasion Preparations, 1944 English workmen take a lunch break, while constructing concrete "Phoenix" caissons at Portsmouth Dockyard, England, 17 March 1944. These caissons were built for use as breakwaters for the "Mulberry" artificial harbors that were part of the Normandy invasion plan. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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23 January 2004