Barrage balloons floating above Allied ships moving toward Normandy on 6 June 1944
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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Barrage balloons floating above Allied ships moving toward Normandy on 6 June 1944. "File Number: 231247. Released: June 12, 1944. D-Day Task Force-- Barrage balloons floating overhead as protection against dive-bomber attacks, part of a giant Allied task force moves across the English Channel to hi the French coast on D-Day." 6 June 1944
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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English Channel
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50.000
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-1.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--English Channel
Barrage balloons--American--English Channel