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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 26-G-2375

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


A U.S. Coast Guard boat rescues two survivors from the waters off Normandy, after their ship was hit, circa 6 June 1944.
The ship ahead of this boat appears to be a minesweeper.

Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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18 December 2003