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LST unloading a Cromwell tank onto Sword beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944	Minesweeper USS Tide with her back broken and sinking after triggering a magnetic mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.

Oceangoing tug USS Abnaki takes the captured Type IXC submarine U-505 under tow, 7 Jun 1944. U-505 was captured three days earlier by the USS Guadalcanal hunter group. Photo 1 of 3.	Oceangoing tug USS Abnaki takes the captured Type IXC submarine U-505 under tow, 7 Jun 1944. U-505 was captured three days earlier by the USS Guadalcanal hunter group. Photo 2 of 3.

Oceangoing tug USS Abnaki takes the captured Type IXC submarine U-505 under tow, 7 Jun 1944. U-505 was captured three days earlier by the USS Guadalcanal hunter group. Photo 3 of 3.	Rhino ferry F94 moving away from HMS LST-320 heading for the Normandy beachhead along the port side of HMS LST-412, France, Jun 1944

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.	Tiger I heavy tank of the German 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Schwimmwagen vehicle in Morgny, France, 7 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 3

Tiger I heavy tank of the German 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Schwimmwagen vehicle in Morgny, France, 7 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 3	Tiger I heavy tank of the German 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Schwimmwagen vehicle in Morgny, France, 7 Jun 1944, photo 3 of 3

Two Ohio United States Coast Guard men, John R. Smith and Daniel J. Kaczorowski, at their gun aboard a transport off Normandy, circa Jun 1944	United States Navy salvage crew on the bow and bridge of the captured U-505 off the West African coast, 7 Jun 1944

US Navy prize crew flying the US ensign over the German ensign on the captured U-505, 7 Jun 1944. The flagship of the hunter group responsible for the capture, the USS Guadalcanal, is in the background.	USAAF Transport Command C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing Waco CG-4A gliders, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.

USS Ancon and USS PC-565 off Normandie, France, 7 Jun 1944	USS Ancon at anchor off Normandie, France, Jun 1944

USS Texas, in the Bombardment Force Flagship role, firing at German targets, Omaha Beach, Normandie, France, 6-8 Jun 1944	Vehicles of 4th County of London Yeomanry, UK 7th Armored Division moving inland from Gold Beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944; note Cromwell tank leading the column

Airborne glider pilots aboard an LCVP on their way from the Normandy beaches to a transport to take them back to England, Jun 8, 1944	DUKW amphibious trucks of the 470th Amphibious Truck Company, First Engineer Brigade, bringing supplies to Utah Beach from ships anchored off shore, Normandy, 8 Jun 1944; note German gun in foreground