U.S. Army troops transfer from an LCVP to a U.S. Navy LCI for the long awaited voyage to enemy shores on 6 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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381.Photograph.' File No. 45667 June 6, 1944 Today is the day---Keyed for the task of breeching the walls of Nazi held Europe, U. S. Army troops transfer from an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) to a U. S. Navy LCI (L) (Landing Craft Infantry (Large) for the long awaited voyage to enemy shores. This official U. S. Navy photograph was serviced from London today by Signal Corps Radio Telephoto.' 6 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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Normandie
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Soldiers--American--France
Sailors--American--France
Landing craft--American--France