Photograph of Coast Guard Landing Barges Hitting the French Coast with the First Wave of American Troops. Coast Guard Barges Hit the French Coast- Coast Guard landing barges hit the French Coast with the first wave of American troops under heavy fire from Nazi beach nests. This photo, taken from a landing barge by a Coast Guard combat photographer, shows the troops waist deep as they wade ashore. These landing barges shuttled back and forth from their assault transports to the beach carrying troops throughout D-Day. 1939 - 1967.

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Size: 3238px × 2546px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -day, coast, guard, history