Photo #: 80-G-258257 Normandy Invasion, June 1944 View of a "Gooseberry" breakwater of sunken ships off one of the invasion beaches. Taken by Combat Photo Unit Eleven (CPU-11). The image is dated 2 November 1944, but was actually taken about mid-June, shortly after the "D-Day" landings. The lighter-colored vessel in left center is British LCT-2487. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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30 December 2003