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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 100088-KN (color) Coastal defense dugout On a European landing beach, 1944. The event is probably either a rehersal for the Normandy invasion, held at Slapton Sands, England, in the spring of 1944, or the invasion of southern France in August. Photographed by a U.S. Coast Guard photographer from USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), using a 35mm camera. Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Historian. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 540 pixels

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1 March 2004