Sharpening Up for D-Day. American infantrymen, rifles ready, pour down the ramps of a coast guard-mannes LCI(L) as its bow hits the beach in final practice maneuvers for the invasion of Hitler's European Fortress. Repeated drills, such as this, primed the American invaders for the big liberation punch.

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Keywords: 17-a2-170, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg