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Photo #: 26-G-2963

Normandy Invasion, June 1944


Waves batter the "Mulberry"artificial harbor off "Omaha" Beach, during the great storm of 19-22 June 1944.
Photographed from alongside the old British battleship Centurion, which had been sunk as a breakwater and anti-aircraft emplacement.

Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 630 pixels

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6 January 2004