American soldiers aboard a U.S. Coast Guard assault transport off the coast of Normandy, France, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. American soldiers aboard a United States Coast Guard assault transport. Official caption on reverse: "2336 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Invaders Cross Channel on Coast Guard Transport / H-Hour has arrived. American soldiers, hardened and ready, lounge under full fighting equipment on the deck of a Coast Guard assault transport in the fateful trip across the English Channel. They are keyed for the supreme moments when, from Coast Guard landing barges, they will smash into the French coast and storm Nazi defense installations." English Channel. 6 June 1944
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06/06/1944
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This collection consists of 36 official United States Coast Guard photographs of the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operation. The bulk of the photographs depict scenes from the Normandy invasion.
Geography:
English Channel
Latitude:
50.000
Longitude:
-1.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--English Channel
Ships--American--English Channel
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy