They're Off! The Invasion's On. Files of Coast Guard LCIs (landing craft infantry) move across the English Channel for the D-Day invasion of the Coast of Normandy. In this photograph by Coast Guard combat photographer S. Scott Wigle, former Detroit Newspaperman. It was the first American-made D-Day picture from London. The LCIs carry barrage balloons as protection against low-flying Nazi strafing planes.

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Size: 5672px × 4753px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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