Beachhead landings
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Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Beachhead landings
June 6, 1944
Gelatin silver print
19.4 x 24.2 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions recto-(printed in image) "+51580 A.C."
verso-(applied typed caption) "51580 A.C. - France: Beachhead
landings - Man and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as
Allied landing craft make a dent in Germany's west wall on the 6th of
June. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men move
forward and vehicles surge up the roads. Note the men swarming over th
the beaches." "Photography - Aerial 51580 A.C." (stamped) "44236 - E"
"Released for Publication Credit Official Photo U.S. Air Forces"...
verso-(applied typed caption) "51580 A.C. - France: Beachhead
landings - Man and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as
Allied landing craft make a dent in Germany's west wall on the 6th of
June. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men move
forward and vehicles surge up the roads. Note the men swarming over th
the beaches." "Photography - Aerial 51580 A.C." (stamped) "44236 - E"
"Released for Publication Credit Official Photo U.S. Air Forces"...
