FIRST WAVE GOES OVER THE SIDE - Bound for the liberation of Western Europe, Yankee soldiers pile over the side from a Coast Guard assault transport off the French coast and into the landing barges. It is H-Hour. Minutes later Coast Guard landing barges swarmed upon the beaches of Normandy to write with bullets a new chapter in history.
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Landings on the Beaches #1 Landing on the Beaches #2 Fortifications #1 Fortifications #2 D-Day Landing Craft
On the Boats #1 On the Boats #2 Naval Vessels Inland Towns Practice Supplies #1 Supplies #2
After the Battle After the Invasion Civilians Prisioners of War Aerial Pictures Miscellaneous
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