Amphibious invasions

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US Flags fly proudly as a pair of landing craft hits the beach somewhere in Normandy in June 1944
488.Photograph. 'File Number: 252624 June 20, 1944 Old Glory Goes Ashore in France National Ensigns fly proudly as a...
US forces gathering on a Normandy beach after D-Day, France, 1944
Photograph. American servicemen wading onto a beach, as seen from the deck of a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel...
US invasion fleet heading towards a coast, Southern France, 1944
Photograph. Convoy of American ships heading towards a coast. Official caption on front: "Invasion fleet heads for...
US jeeps debarking from a landing craft, Licata, 1943
Photograph. United States soldiers in a jeep debarking from LCT-153 onto a beach; other military vehicles are waiting...
US landing craft and soldiers on a beach in Southern France, 1944
Photograph. American landing craft and soldiers on a beach during an invasion; a large cloud of smoke is rising in the...
US landing craft cruising towards beach, Guam, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising towards Guam beach; columns of smoke are rising near the...
US landing craft cruising towards coastline of Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph, aerial. American landing craft cruising towards war-damaged beach. Official caption on front: "Landing on...
US landing craft cruising towards Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph, aerial. American landing craft cruising through open ocean; a spit of land is in the foreground. Official...
US landing craft cruising towards Guam,1944
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising towards in open ocean. Official caption on front: "First...
US landing craft cruising towards smoke covered coastline, Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. American landing craft cruising towards smoke covered coastline as seen from the deck of a landing craft....
US landing craft heading towards Lingayen, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. American landing craft cruising towards in open ocean; a large ship is in the background. Official caption...
US landing craft lined up on a beach, Hollandia, 1944
Photograph, aerial. United States landing craft lined up along a narrow beach. Official caption on front: "LST's (...
US landing craft moving towards and away from Tinian, 1944
Photograph, aerial. American landing craft moving towards and away from a large section of coastline. Official caption...
US landing craft narrowly avoiding German fire, Anzio, 1944
Photograph. Tall column of water from the explosion of a German shell erupting near an American landing craft. Official...
US landing craft off the coast of Kiska, Aleutian Islands, 1943
Photograph. American landing on a beach; servicemen and supplies are on the beach. Official caption on front: "Landing...
US landing craft under heavy fire at Paestum beach, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Two United States landing craft under heavy fire at a beach; a column of smoke from a damaged ship is in...
US landing craft underway toward Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Several rows of landing craft cruising in open ocean; warships are in the background. Official...
US landing craft unloading equipment onto a beach at Scoglitti, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. American landing craft, including LCT-452, unloading equipment onto a beach. Official caption on front: "...
US landing craft unloading soldiers onto Normandy beach, France, June 1944
Photograph. Two landing craft, each flying an American flag, unloading troops onto a beach. Official caption on front...
US LSTs anchored along the coastline of Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Eight American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) anchored along a coastline; other smaller crafts are...
US LSTs anchored in Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Island, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines transporting tractors from two LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) anchored in Empress Augusta...
US LSTs anchored on the coast of Hollandia, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Four American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) anchored along a coastline; a line of military vehicles are...
US LSTs lined up on Omaha Beach, France, 1944
Photograph. American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) lined up on Omaha Beach; barrage balloons are flying overhead; other...
US LSTs unloading vehicles, Tarakan Island, 1945
Photograph. Two American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) unloading trucks, jeeps, and other vehicles onto a beach. Official...
US LVTs crossing a coral reef under enemy fire, Guam, 1944
Photograph. Several American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) crossing a coral reef under enemy fire; an dust cloud from...
US LVTs cruising toward Okinawa, Okinawa, 1 April 1945
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising toward Okinawa. Official caption on front: "Armored...
US LVTs cruising towards Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph, aerial. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising towards Peleliu; burning LVTs are immediately off...
US LVTs cruising towards Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising in open water towards Tarawa Atoll. Official caption on...
US LVTs cruising towards Tinian, 1944
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising towards Tinian; artillery smoke is rising from the...
US LVTs parked offshore, Tinian, 1944
Photograph. Long line of American LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) parked in shallow water near a beach. Official caption...
US LVTs patrolling a beach, Bougainville Island, 1943
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) in shallow water near a beach; a 2-½ ton truck stuck in parked...
US Marine transporting ammunition during combat, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. Armed United States Marine transporting an ammunition belt while another Marine is throwing a grenade....
US Marines advancing during combat, Parry Island, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines kneeling and in prone position on beach behind a vegetation barrier; an armored...
US Marines advancing under Japanese fire, Iwo Jima, 1945
Photograph. United States Marines debarking from amphibious vehicles onto a beach; supplies are piled on the beach....
US Marines advancing up a beach, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines running up a beach towards an unseen Japanese defensive position. Official caption on...
US Marines and Coast Guardsmen gathering on a beach, Guam, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines and Coast Guardsmen standing on a war-damaged beach bear amphibious vehicles....

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