DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 58576
Cherbourg Campaign, June 1944
USS Texas (BB-35) is straddled by German shore battery
fire, as the battleship bombards Cherbourg's defenses on 25 June
1944.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has autographed the original
print.
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 615 pixels
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