American troops, carrying rifles and light fighting equipment, spring through the surf from Coast Guard-manned landing craft in final amphibious maneuvers somewhere on the North African coast.

Original Caption: Invaders Hit the Shore in Invasion Maneuvers- American troops, carrying rifles and light fighting equipment, spring through the surf from Coast Guard-manned landing craft in final amphibious maneuvers somewhere on the North African coast. Invaders and Coast Gurad invasion craft, such as these, hit the beaches of French Normandy before dawn D-Day.