LCVP cruising toward Normandy, France, 1944

Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description: 

Photograph. American soldiers riding in a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] in the English Channel. Official caption on reverse: "2340 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / French Coast Dead Ahead / Helmeted Yankee soldiers crouch, tightly packed, behind the bulwarks of a Coast Guard landing barge int he historic sweep across the English Channel to the shores of Normandy. Minutes later, thses G.I. Joes dashed through the surf and up the beach unter the withering fire of the Nazi defenders. These Coast Guard barges rode back and forth through D Day bringing wave on wave of reinforcements to the beachead. / In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard'." Normandy, France. 6 June 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Mary E. Cole
Accession Number: 
2002.119.036
Date: 
06/06/1944
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
European Theater of Operations (ETO)
Unit: 
Campaign / Event: 
Normandy (June 1944)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Landing craft--American--France
Soldiers--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
Collection Level: 
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: 
Landing craft--American--France
Soldiers--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy