US forces gathering on a Normandy beach after D-Day, France, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. American servicemen wading onto a beach, as seen from the deck of a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel]. Official caption on reverse: "2415 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Quiet Follows the Fury on the Beaches / With the bitter Nazi defenders forced back into the interior, reinforcements flow steadily through the surf and up the beaches of France. Barricades of wreckage from D-Day have been removed. The dead are gone. Order has replaced the chaos of the first days of terrific fighting. / In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard'." Normandy, France. June 1944
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1944-06-
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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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Normandie
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--France
Soldiers--American--France
Barrage balloons--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy