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FRANCE

10.30.2021

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 8       

Allied troops storm Utah Beach under heavy German artillery and machine gun fire in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. More than 23,000 men of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, the westernmost of the assault beaches. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

• Date Taken: 10.30.2021
• Date Posted: 10.30.2021 17:53
• Photo ID: 6916792
• VIRIN: 211030-G-G0105-2001
• Resolution: 2124x1892
• Size: 1.3 MB
• Location: FR