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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-400614

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


German and Italian prisoners of war on board USS Texas (BB-35) in June 1944.
Some of these men are sprawled on the deck due to seasickness.
Note guard at left, holding a Reising M50 submachinegun.

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

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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27 January 2004