LCI(L)-85 sinking off the coast of Omaha Beach, Normandy, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. LCI(L)-85 sinking off the coast of Omaha Beach; several ships are in the distant background. Official caption on front: "(France) 8/6/44--The crew of this fatally hit Coast Guard LCI craft has just evacuated troops and wounded to an assault transport and pulled away from the ship. All got safely off before the vessel capsized and sank off the French coast. (Coast Guard Foto) Signal Corps Radio-Telephoto from London. #563." Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. 8 June 1944
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06/08/1944
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This collection consists of 36 official United States Coast Guard photographs of the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operation. The bulk of the photographs depict scenes from the Normandy invasion.
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Omaha Beach
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Landing craft--American--France