Destroyed German battery near Utah Beach, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
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Destroyed German batttery (probably the Crisbecq Battery) near the village of Saint-Marcouf, Manche; close to Utah Beach. The gun inside the battery is a 21 cm Škoda. Utah Beach, Normandy, France 1944.
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1944
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
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Utah Beach
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War damage--France
Batteries (Weaponry)--France
Cannons--France