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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-244206 Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN, Commander Western Naval Task Force during the Normandy invasion Congratulates the crew of USS Arkansas (BB-33) for their work on "D-Day" of the Normandy assault. The ship's Commanding Officer, Captain F. G. Richards, is directly behind RAdm. Kirk, also wearing a blue uniform. Photographed on 7 June 1944, the day after the initial landings. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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18 December 2003