US Coast Guard LCI sinking after German shelling, Normandy, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Coast Guard LCI [Landing Craft, Infantry] beginning to sink; Coast Guardsmen are standing on the deck. Official caption on front: "Coast Guard LCI sinking after Nazi shelling. Coast Guard Photo 220-3." 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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Amphibious operations--France
Landing craft--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy