Two US Coast Guard cutters cruising in open water off the coast of Normandy, France, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Two United States Coast Guard patrol boats cruising in open water; several more boats are in the background. Official caption on front: "Two cutters of the famous Coast Guard rescue flotilla. Coast Guard Photo 220-9." Normandy, France. June 1944
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1944-06-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Normandie
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Search & rescue operations--France
Boats--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy