Caption | US Army soldiers boarding landing craft at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944; note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | USA C-1232 | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 1 May 1944 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Weymouth, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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WW2-Era Place Name | Weymouth, England, United Kingdom |
Lat/Long | 50.6090, -2.4470 |
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1 May 2014 02:18:17 PM
No quite the same now, but this looks like Weymouth, photgraphed from the inner harbour