LCI(L) sinking off the coast of Omaha Beach, Normandy, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen standing on the deck of the sinking LCI(L)-85; the face of an injured serviceman has been censored. Official caption on reverse: "2344 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Coast Guard Craft Sinking / A Coast Guard LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) lists sharply after being fatally hit during the invasion of the coast of France. One man clings to the life raft (at left) another lies wounded on a stretcher, and a third sprawls dead on the deck. The wounded were transferred to an assault transport before the ship plunged beneath the waves." Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. 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.
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Omaha Beach
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Allied--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy