Ammunition Dump in France
Original Caption: "A crane swings a load of ammunition from a G.I. truck onto the ground at an ammunition dump in France. It will be sorted and sent to different parts of the dump along the conveyer belt (right) by the waiting soldiers. From this dump, the ammunition is forwarded to various units at the fighting fronts. Omaha Beach, France."
- Date
- 1944-07-08
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,779 × 3,142 pixels
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Reason: public domain: US.
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