| Caption | Â Â Â | 13 Liberty Ships deliberately scuttled to form a breakwater for invasion vessels landing on the Normandy beachhead lie in line off the beach shielding the ships in shore. ww2dbase | ||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces | ||||||
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| Photos at Same Place | Â | Arromanches, Normandy, France | ||||||
| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | ||||||
| Added Date | Â | 4 Jun 2013 | ||||||
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| Licensing | Â | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | ||||||
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Arromanches, Normandy, France |
| Lat/Long | 49.3529, -0.6388 |
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