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Second World War: Europe; "Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06.
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Second World War: Europe; "Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06.

A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of Company E became casualties.

Date
1944-06-06
Photographer / author
Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent
Archive
U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
2,963 × 2,222 pixels

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Reason: a US government work (US Coast Guard).

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"Second World War: Europe; "Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06." (1944-06-06). Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent. U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit_(cropped_4-3).jpg

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