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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-254309

Cherbourg Campaign, June 1944


View in the railway station at Cherbourg, France, after the city's capture, 3 July 1944.
The station's roof had partially collapsed from combat damage, pinning this boxcar half off the tracks.
The boxcar appears to have German markings.

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

Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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4 February 2004