U.S.S. Nevada bombards Nazi positions blocking the forward surge of Allied troops in Normandy in June 1944
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U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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478.Photograph. 'File No: 50420 June 9, 1944 U. S. Battlewagon Aids Land Forces Flame and smoke gush from the muzzles of 14-inch guns as the U.S.S. Nevada pours an obliterating hail of death on Nazi positions blocking the forward surge of Allied troops in France.' 9 June 1944
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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Normandie
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Bombardment--France
Battleships--American--France
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--France