U.S. Army glider pilots aboard an LCVP return to England in June 1944
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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479.Photograph. 'File No: 252451 June 11, 1944 Glider Pilots Return to England Tough U. S. Army glider pilots, among the first to land in Normandy and disrupt enemy communications, are on their way back to England. They are shown in an LCVP (Landing, Craft, Vehicle, Personnel).' 9 June 1944
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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English Channel
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50.000
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-1.000
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Soldiers--American--France
Cigarettes
Landing craft--American
Military air pilots--American