Coast Guard Barges Hit French Coast
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Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Coast Guard Barges Hit French Coast
June 6, 1944
Gelatin silver print
18.7 x 23.9 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast Guard
Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Coast Guard Barges Hit French Coast" "From Coast Guard landing barges
hitting the French Coast with the first wave of invaders, American
fighting men wade ashore under heavy machinegun fire from Nazi beach
nests. This dramatic D Day picture, taken from a landing barge by a
Coast Guard Combat Photographer, shows the soldiers waist deep as they
spring forward to the attack. The landing barges will disgorge..."
Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Coast Guard Barges Hit French Coast" "From Coast Guard landing barges
hitting the French Coast with the first wave of invaders, American
fighting men wade ashore under heavy machinegun fire from Nazi beach
nests. This dramatic D Day picture, taken from a landing barge by a
Coast Guard Combat Photographer, shows the soldiers waist deep as they
spring forward to the attack. The landing barges will disgorge..."
