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| Men of Canadian 9th Infantry Brigade disembarking from LCI(L) landing craft onto Nan White Beach near Bernières-sur-Mer, Juno Beach, Normandy, France, late morning 6 Jun 1944. Photo 2 of 2. | Men of Canadian 9th Infantry Brigade disembarking from LCI(L) landing craft onto Nan White Beach near Bernières-sur-Mer, Juno Beach, Normandy, France, late morning 6 Jun 1944; note many with bicycles. Photo 1 of 2. |
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| Men of Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando 'W' landing on Mike Beach of Juno Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandie, France, 6 Jun 1944 | Royal Marine Commandos of Headquarters, 4th Special Service Brigade, British 2nd Army landing at Juno 'Nan Red' Beach from LCI(S) landing craft, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 |
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| Scene on Omaha Beach in Normandy, 6 Jun 1944; note LCI(L)-553 in background and a LCVP from APA Samuel Chase in left center | Troops of 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division assembled on Omaha Beach before moving inland near Collville-sur-Mer, 6 Jun 1944; note LCI(L)-83 in background landing more men |
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| Two Canadian soldiers looking at a German model of defenses at Courseulles-sur-Mer near Juno Beach landing area, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 | US Army Rangers showing off the ladders they used to storm the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944 |
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| TBF Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Guadalcanal overflying the captured German Type IXC submarine U-505 as a salvage crew assembles on the U-Boat’s bow. A US whale boat and an escort stand by, 7 Jun 1944. | General Sir Bernard Montgomery, 21st Army Group Commander, steps onto Juno Beach, Mike Red area, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France 8 Jun 1945 after being ferried ashore from his ship in a DUKW. |
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| Group portrait of the personel of US Navy squadron VC-33 aboard USS Coral Sea, 8 Jun 1944 | A platoon of African-American troops of the US Army moving along a farm house as they prepared to eliminate a German sniper up ahead, near Vierville-sur-Mer, France, 10 Jun 1944 |
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| American M7 self-propelled howizer vehicle in Carentan, France, Jun 1944 | Biscayne participating in amphibious exercises off Arzew, Algeria as flagship of US Navy Rear Admiral B. J. Rodgers, 10-11 Jun 1944 |
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| Generals Bernard Montgomery, Miles Dempsey, and Omar Bradley at a meeting in the field in Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944. | Generals Omar Bradley and Miles Dempsey at a meeting in the field in Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944. |
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| German beach defense turret at Omaha Beach, Basse-Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944 | The first meeting on French soil between Bernard Montgomery and generals Omar Bradley and Miles Dempsey, Normandy, France, 10 Jun 1944 |
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| Tracer fire from Allied warships lighting up the sky off Ouistreham, France, 10 Jun 1944; photo taken from HMS Mauritius, seen in foreground | 'Rhino' ferry vessel off Normandie, France, Jun 1944 |
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