Photo #: KN-17825 (Color) "The Tough Beach" Watercolor by Navy Combat Artist Dwight Shepler, 1944, showing German artillery fire hitting U.S. forces on "Omaha" Beach, on "D-Day" of the Normandy invasion, 6 June 1944. In the foreground is USS LCI(L)-93, aground and holed. She was lost on this occasion. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 555 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-17825 |
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25 November 2003