American convoy passes through Valogenes, France, June 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
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An American convoy travels through Valogenes towards Cherbourg during Operaton Overlord. Official Caption: "On the road to Cherbourg shortly before the fall of that French port to American troops, first armored units pass through the ruins of shell-shattered Valognes. A Coast Guard Combat Photographer, moving in with the invaders, made this picture of the rubble that once was a French city on the peninsula." National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland (26-G-2523). Valogenes, France, June 1944.
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1944-06-
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
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Normandie
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Convoys--American--France
War damage--France