Amid floating debris of war, a German flak boat rests in the harbor at Port-en-Bessin, France in June 1944
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description:
484.Photograph. 'File No: 231,338 June 15, 1944 German Flak Boat Felt Invasion Wrath Amid the floating debris of war, a German flak boat rests where the invasion found her, in the harbor at Port-en-Bessin, France. Blasted buildings along the shore show marks of having shared her fate.' 15 June 1944
Image Information
Donor:
Accession Number:
Date:
Hometown:
Branch:
Theater of Service:
Campaign / Event:
POW / KIA:
Topical Subjects:
Collection Level:
The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
Geography:
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
Latitude:
49.350
Longitude:
-0.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War damage--France
Harbors--France
Coastlines--France
Debris--France
Antiaircraft guns--German--France