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Image: Cloud of ships near normandy coast

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Description: U.S. troops disembarking on Utah Beach, 6 June 1944. The LCVP in the foreground was assigned to the U.S. Navy attack transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13), which had sailed from England on 5 June and arrived off Utah Beach early the next day. Joseph T. Dickman landed her troops without a mishap, and steamed to Portland with casualties in the afternoon of 6 June 1944. Original description: "Cloud of ships near normandy coast - 6 June 1944".
Title: Cloud of ships near normandy coast
Credit: Archivesnormandie 1939-45
Author: U.S. Army, Post-Work: User:W.wolny
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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