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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-59421

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


Invasion shipping is framed by a ruined stone house on Omaha Beach, shortly after the 6 June "D-Day" landings.
Photograph released 10 June 1944.
Note that beach obstructions are still in place in the left part of the photograph, indicating that it was taken quite soon after the initial landings.

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

Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 530 pixels

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29 December 2003