Normandy breakwater made from sunken ships, France, 1944

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

Photograph. Closeup of a breakwater made from sunken Allied ships. Official caption on reverse: "2963 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Violent Storm Battered Normandy Breakwater of Sunken Freighters Druing Invasion Landings / Reducing the violence of a storm that blew in upon Normandy invasion operations soon after D-Day, a breakwater of sunken freighters shielded Allied landings and cut down the toll of destruction. Coast Guard officers, thoroughly briefed in their job, helped direct the planned sinking of 23 ships to form a breakwater. This photo, made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer aboard an LCI(L), shows a mountainous wave spending its fury against the bulwark. / In rewriting caption, please mention 'Coast Guard.'" Normandy. June 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Mary E. Cole
Accession Number: 
2002.119.027
Date: 
1944-06-
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
European Theater of Operations (ETO)
Unit: 
Campaign / Event: 
Normandy (June 1944)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Ships--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: 
Normandie
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Ships--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy