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USCG-1, formerly the 83300, escorting the first waves of landing craft to Normandy
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USCG-1, formerly the 83300, escorting the first waves of landing craft to Normandy

The USCG-1, formerly the 83300, escorted the first waves of landing craft into the Omaha assault area on D-Day morning. Her crew pulled 28 survivors from a sunken landing craft out of the English Channel right off the beaches before 0700, 6 June 1944.

Date
1944-06-06
Photographer / author
Robert F. Sargent, United States Coast Guard
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
1,200 × 960 pixels

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

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"USCG-1, formerly the 83300, escorting the first waves of landing craft to Normandy" (1944-06-06). Robert F. Sargent, United States Coast Guard, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USCG-1,_formerly_the_83300,_escorting_the_first_waves_of_landing_craft_to_Normandy.jpg

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