File:Normandy6.jpg

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U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right.
Though dated 6 June 1944, this photograph was actually taken at least a day later. Note beach obstacles collected on the shoreline in the right center, shipping offshore, and trucks and other vehicles in the foreground.[1]

Original description: "This graphic tells the story of how the France beachhead was supplied on "D-Day". 6 June 1944"
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Source U.S. Army [2] photo SC 190631
Author Steck, U.S. Army Signal Corps

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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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