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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-252807

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


A U.S. Army Jeep (nicknamed "Dam Yankee") is towed ashore on a Normandy beach, 12 June 1944.
Two of the men with this vehicle appear to be African-Americans.
Note the amphibious operation breathing tube leading to the engine compartment, and the U.S. flag mounted on the windshield.
Taken by Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8).
Wartime censors have deleted markings on the Jeep's front bumper, and an object in the right distance.

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

Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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3 February 2004