LCVP transporting wounded servicemen off the coast of Normandy, France, 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] transporting American servicemen to a transportation ship. Official caption on reverse: "2368. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Invasion 'Ambulances' Bring Out the Wounded" Tying up alongside a Coast Guard assault transport in the English Channel, a Coast Guard landing barge delivers wounded American invaders for treatment in the transport's sick bay. Coast Guard Pharmacist's mates, going in to the French beaches at the height of the invasion, gave emergency treatment to the wounded on the 'ambulance' runs back to the transports." Normandy, France. June 1944
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1944-06-
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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.
Geography:
English Channel
Latitude:
50.000
Longitude:
-1.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--France
Medical personnel--American--Europe
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy