US soldiers storming the coast of North Africa, 1942
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. American soldiers debarking PD29-4 and PD29-3 [from the attack transport USS Thomas Stone (APA-29)] and wading onto a beach. Official caption on reverse: "2324 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Invaders Hit the Shore in Invasion Maneuvers / American troops, carrying rifles and light fighting equipment, spring through the surf from Coast Guard-manned landing craft in final amphibious maneuvers somewhere on the North African coast. Invaders and Coast Guard invasion craft, such as these, hit the beaches of French Normandy before dawn D-Day. / In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard'." North Africa. November 1942
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1942-11-
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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.
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North Africa
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--North Africa
Beaches--Africa
Soldiers--American--Africa
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North