Damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc
Lieutenant Commander Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook, of USS Texas (BB-35), examine a damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Earlier in the day Texas had bombarded the point in support of the "Omaha" Beach landings. The body of a dead U.S. Army Ranger, killed during the assault on Pointe du Hoc, lies covered up at right.
- Date
- 1944-06-06
- Photographer / author
- Post-Work: User:W.wolny
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 740 × 592 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (US Navy).
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