Allied guns weave a tapestry of flame in the night skies off the Cherbourg Peninsula.

Original Caption: Off Cherbourg, The Luftwaffe Attacks at Night- Allied guns weave a tapestry of flame in the night skies off the Cherbourg Peninsula, as Nazi planes appear overhead to bomb a group of invasion ships. In the foreground is the sinking hulk of an American ship, mortally wounded by a bomb hit. The glare of two bomb flashes breaks the black in the distance. This spectacular photo of battle pyrotechnics was made by a Coast Guard combat photgrapher under fire in this channel action.