Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 Photographs

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US Navy LST-134 beached at Normandy, France while unloading during low tide, 12 Jun 1944; note barrage balloons overhead providing protection from air attack and DUCKs on the beach	Winston Churchill seen lighting his cigar as he and General Bernard Montgomery tour inland locations during the Normandy campaign, 12 Jun 1944.

Wrecks of German Tiger I and Panzer IV tanks, Villers-Bocage, France, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 4	Wrecks of German Tiger I and Panzer IV tanks, Villers-Bocage, France, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 4

Wrecks of German Tiger I and Panzer IV tanks, Villers-Bocage, France, Jun 1944, photo 3 of 4; Tiger I only in this view	Wrecks of German Tiger I and Panzer IV tanks, Villers-Bocage, France, Jun 1944, photo 4 of 4

British 4.5 inch gun and crew of 211 Battery, 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery in action near Tilly-sur-Seulles, France, 13 Jun 1944	Jeep bringing casualties to a LST for evacuation, Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 13 Jun 1944; note line of German POWs

Wrecked German Tiger I heavy tank, Viller-Bocage, France, Jun 1944	Razorback P-47D Thunderbolt of the 373rd Fighter Group after skidding to a stop on the sand of a Normandy beach, France, 14 Jun 1944.

US Coast Guard Captain AC Richard disembarking USS Augusta during a tour of the beachhead by senior officers, 14 Jun 1944, off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.	CG-4A and Horsa gliders littering Normandy fields amongst the hedgerows, France, Jun 1944

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

Ford-built CG-4A glider sitting in a pasture, Normandy, France, Jun 1944	LCT-525 delivering a half-track onto a pontoon causeway pier at Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Jun 15 1944. Half track is an M16 Anti-Aircraft gun mount of A Co, 376th AAA Battalion.

SOC Seagull aircraft of US Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven remained inactive during the Normandy campaign after recently being replaced by Spitfire aircraft, Jun 1944	British warships surrounding the motor launch carrying King George VI, off Normandy, France, 16 Jun 1944

Floating causeway of the Mulberry artificial harbor off Omaha Beach, Normandy, 16 Jun 1944, with a half-track rolling toward the shore	Following a presentation of medals, Royal Navy Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, King George VI of the United Kingdom, and General Bernard Montgomery pause briefly, 16 Jun 1944, Château de Cruelly, France.