US soldiers from Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division wade ashore onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach from a Coast Guard operated LCVP landing craft during the D-Day invasion June 6, 1944 in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of the Company E became casualties.


US soldiers from Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division wade ashore onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach from a Coast Guard operated LCVP landing craft during the D-Day invasion June 6, 1944 in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of the Company E became casualties.


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Location: Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Photo credit: © LOC Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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