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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-252257

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


Explosion just behind "Utah" Beach, during the first days of the Normandy operation, circa 6-8 June 1944. This blast probably results from efforts to remove German land mines.
British LCT-996 is at the extreme right, stranded by low tide. British LCT-799 is alongside, just to the left, and several other landing craft are also present.
Note stakes in the foreground, possibly marking the positions of underwater obstructions.

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

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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3 February 2004