Beach Battalion "Ducks" Enemy Fire On Riviera Invasion
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Beach Battalion "Ducks" Enemy Fire On Riviera Invasion
1944
Gelatin silver print
18.7 x 24.2 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "2760" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo"
"Beach Battalion 'Ducks' Enemy Fire On Riviera Invasion" A first wave
Beach Battalion is snapped by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer as it
lay (sic) low under the fire of Nazi guns on the beach of Southern
France on D Day. One invader operates a walkie talkie radio directing
other landing craft to the safest spots for unloading their parties of
fighting men." "In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard.'"
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo"
"Beach Battalion 'Ducks' Enemy Fire On Riviera Invasion" A first wave
Beach Battalion is snapped by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer as it
lay (sic) low under the fire of Nazi guns on the beach of Southern
France on D Day. One invader operates a walkie talkie radio directing
other landing craft to the safest spots for unloading their parties of
fighting men." "In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard.'"
