Photograph. Wounded American servicemen lying on stretchers while United States Coast Guardsmen tie down supplies on the deck of LCI(L)-85; the faces of the wounded are censored. Official caption on reverse: "2350 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Coast Guard Ship is Hit / Wounded American fighters lay on stretchers on the deck of a Coast Guard LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry), ready to be transferred to an assault transport just before the Coast Guard ship rolled over and sank after being hit during the invasion of the French coast. A dead soldier can be seen sprawled on deck at the left. / In rewriting caption please mention 'Coast Guard'." Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. June 1944