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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-45715

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


U.S. Army Rangers resting in the vicinity of Pointe du Hoc, which they assaulted in support of "Omaha" Beach landings on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
Photograph was released for publication on 12 June 1944.
Note Ranger in right center, apparently using his middle finger to push cartridges into a M-1 carbine magazine. The carbine and a backpack frame are nearby.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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11 December 2003