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| Nevada firing her forward 14-inch guns off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Pre-invasion bombing by A-20 bombers of Pointe du Hoc at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Riflemen of 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, 6th Airlanding Brigade, UK 6th Airborne Division aboard a jeep and trailer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Horsa glider in background | Royal Marine Commandos of Headquarters, 4th Special Service Brigade, British 2nd Army landing at Juno 'Nan Red' Beach from LCI(S) landing craft, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 |
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| Scene on Omaha Beach in Normandy, 6 Jun 1944; note LCI(L)-553 in background and a LCVP from APA Samuel Chase in left center | Shells fired from battleship USS Texas exploding near Vierville-sur-Mer, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Sherman Duplex Drive tank of B Squadron, 13/18th Royal Hussars and men of No 4 Army Commando, both of British 2nd Army, near Ouistreham, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944 |
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| Soldiers of US 16th Infantry Regiment taking cover behind German beach obstacles, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | TBM Avenger landing on USS Guadalcanal about 6 Jun 1944 while the carrier was towing the captured submarine U-505. Guadalcanal’s hunter group captured U-505 in the western Atlantic on 4 Jun 1944. | Troops and vehicles on board a landing craft approaching Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944 | Troops of 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division assembled on Omaha Beach before moving inland near Collville-sur-Mer, 6 Jun 1944; note LCI(L)-83 in background landing more men |
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| Troops of the Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment approaching Juno Beach, Normandy, France aboard LCA landing craft, 6 Jun 1944 | Troops of the Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment marching in Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Troops of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada regiment dug in near Carpiquet, Normandy, France with support from a M4 Sherman tank, 6 Jun 1944 | Two Canadian soldiers looking at a German model of defenses at Courseulles-sur-Mer near Juno Beach landing area, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 |
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| Two German officers in a group of prisoners who surrendered to the Canadians in Bernières-sur-mer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Two LSTs with troops of the US 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, moved toward the French coast, 6 Jun 1944 | Universal carriers of British 50th Division waded ashore from landing craft on Gold Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | US Army map of the landing beaches at Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944. Note that the planned landing beaches are about 250 yards away from actual landing beaches. |
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