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Image: 80-G-242125 French civilian volunteers on the beaches of Southern France help unload supplies

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Description: Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. French civilian volunteers join the Allied forces on the beaches of Southern France to help unload the avalanche of supplies rolling ashore. Unsolicited, these boys and old men reported to the beach master on D-Day plus one and asked to be put to work. Photographed by crew member of USS Catoctin (AGC 5), 16 August 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. Navy. (2014/5/22).
Title: 80-G-242125 French civilian volunteers on the beaches of Southern France help unload supplies
Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: United States Navy
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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