LCIs with barrage balloons advancing toward Normandy, France, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. LCIs [Landing Craft Infantry] with barrage balloons advancing through the English Channel. Official caption on reverse: "2333 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / They're off! The Invasion's On / Files of Coast Guard LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) move across the English Channel for the D Day invasion of the coast of Normandy in this photograph by Coast Guard combat photographer S. Scott Wigle, former Detroit newspaperman. It was the first American-made D Day picture from London. The LCIs carry barrage balloons as protection against low-flying Nazi strafing planes / In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard.'" 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.
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English Channel
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50.000
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-1.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--France
Barrage balloons--American--English Channel
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy