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English:
American assault troops Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. The smoke in the background is from supporting naval gunfire. Note helmet netting; faint "No Smoking" sign on the LCVP's ramp; and M1903 rifles and M1 carbines carried by some of these men.
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| Source | U.S. Army [1] photo SC 320901 ; also SC 320901 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | Photograph from the U.S. Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |
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