Photograph. Allied soldiers and driving vehicles out of LST-21 and on to a pontoon bridge. Official caption on reverse: "2370 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo / Coast Guard LST 'Marries' Rhino in Channel / British motorized equipment rolls from the massive jaw of a Coast Guard LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) onto the flat deck of a low-riding 'rhino' in the English Channel during the early hours of the invasion of the French coast. Coast Guard gun crews on the deck of the LST keep alert watch for Nazi bombers. The term 'marriage' applies to the joining to two invasion craft at sea during amphibious operations. / In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard.'" Normandy, France. 6 June 1944