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| DUKWs on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex, England prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note components of the artificial Mulberry Harbors in the background awaiting deployment. | Good view of a Rhino barge as crews drill in English waters prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Rhino barges were an assembly of 180 welded 5x7x5 foot steel boxes powered by 2 outboard motors of 143 hp each. |
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| American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944 | LST-357 at a port in southern England being loaded with DUKWs in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion, early June 1944. |
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| American troops watched activity ashore on Omaha Beach as their LCVP landing craft approached the shore, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2 | 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 |
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| 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. | Reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland at Omaha Beach, Normandy, 8 Jun 1944 |
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| A fully loaded DUKW coming ashore at Normandy, France, 11 Jun 1944. | DUKW amphibious trucks operating off Normandy, 11 Jun 1944 |
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| Member of the US Navy’s Second Beach Battalion examining a German SdKfz 302 Goliath remote-controlled mine (called Beetles by US forces) on Utah Beach, 11 June 1944. Note DUKW in the background. | Gen Dwight Eisenhower, Gen George Marshall, and Gen “Hap” Arnold, beside their VIP DUKW during their tour of the Normandy beachhead, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944. |
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| Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower touring the Normandy invasion beaches with General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King, and staff at St Laurent sur Mer, Jun 12 1944. Photo 1 of 3. | Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower touring the Normandy invasion beaches with General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King, and staff at St Laurent sur Mer, Jun 12 1944. Photo 2 of 3. |
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| Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower touring the Normandy invasion beaches with General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King, and staff at St Laurent sur Mer, Jun 12 1944. Photo 3 of 3. | US Army Chief of Staff, Gen George Marshall shakes hands with another officer during his tour of the Normandy beachhead, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944. Note Gen Eisenhower behind Marshall. |
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| DUKW loaded with supplies for supplying the Normandy beachhead boarding LST-543, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2 | DUKW loaded with supplies for supplying the Normandy beachhead boarding LST-543, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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| A Gooseberry line of block ships off the Normandy beaches, Ouistreham, France, Jun 1944; note sunken British ship Durban, sunken Dutch ship Sumatra, and two active DUKW craft | DUKWs awaiting supplies from a Victory Ship, 1944-1945 |
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